Bible Verses About Forgiveness of Adultery
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiveness of adultery, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,186 votes, led by John 8:1-59. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgiveness of Adultery
John 8:1-59360 votes
Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
Hebrews 13:4348 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8318 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Hebrews 8:12315 votes
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Psalms 103:10-12239 votes
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Luke 17:3-4229 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Galatians 6:1202 votes
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Psalms 37:4170 votes
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Isaiah 1:18170 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.
Matthew 19:8-9146 votes
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Micah 7:18-19129 votes
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Psalms 51:1-19125 votes
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Hosea 3:1115 votes
Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Matthew 18:21-22111 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Proverbs 6:32110 votes
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
1 John 1:9106 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13105 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Isaiah 55:7-9102 votes
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.
Malachi 2:16102 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Exodus 20:1498 votes
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Romans 7:2-389 votes
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
John 3:16-1785 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.
Acts 13:3879 votes
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Isaiah 59:174 votes
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Colossians 3:1374 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.
What does the Bible say about forgiveness of adultery?
Readers most often cite John 8:1-59 on the subject of forgiveness of adultery. Across 6,186 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Hebrews 8:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.