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Bible Verses About Asking for Forgiveness

172 verses from Scripture about asking for forgiveness.

172 Verses

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

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And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

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Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Colossians 3:13Colossians

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

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Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

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Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

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Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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Ephesians 1:7Ephesians

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

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Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

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For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

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2 Chronicles 7:142 Chronicles

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

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I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

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