What Does the Bible Say About Forgive To Be Forgiven?

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Mark 11:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

1 Peter 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

James 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ...

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. ...

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Revelation 20:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

James 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 2:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

2 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Matthew 18:34-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’ The Lord God has sworn by his holiness that, behold, the days are coming upon you, when they shall take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishhooks. And you shall go out through the breaches, each one straight ahead; and you shall be cast out into Harmon,” declares the Lord. “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings, publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God. ...

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Luke 11:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”

30 Bible Verses about Forgive To Be Forgiven

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:34-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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30 Bible Verses about Forgive To Be Forgiven

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Matthew 6:14 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Mark 11:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Luke 6:37 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 20:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:34-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 4:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 11:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote