Bible Verses About Forgive
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgive, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,852 votes, led by Matthew 6:14-15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgive
Matthew 6:14-15200 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Ephesians 4:31-32147 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
1 John 1:9130 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Mark 11:25122 votes
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.
Ephesians 4:32106 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Luke 17:3-488 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Colossians 3:1372 votes
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Matthew 18:21-2262 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew 6:1447 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:9-1343 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Luke 6:3739 votes
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
1 John 1:837 votes
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Ephesians 1:735 votes
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Acts 2:3832 votes
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.
Isaiah 43:2530 votes
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Matthew 6:1230 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
John 20:19-2330 votes
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Leviticus 19:1829 votes
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
James 5:1529 votes
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Isaiah 1:1823 votes
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Luke 23:3423 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Proverbs 17:920 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Isaiah 43:18-1919 votes
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
2 Corinthians 5:1719 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
John 3:1617 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about forgive?
Readers most often cite Matthew 6:14-15 on the subject of forgive. Across 1,852 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:31-32, 1 John 1:9, Mark 11:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.