Bible Verses About Forgiving Yourself
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for forgiving yourself, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,054 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Forgiving Yourself
1 John 1:9398 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Peter 5:7281 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Ephesians 4:32222 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Mark 11:25193 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.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18189 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Luke 17:3-4175 votes
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Acts 3:19166 votes
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;
Matthew 6:14-15152 votes
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Colossians 3:8150 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Philippians 4:8138 votes
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Luke 7:47134 votes
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Psalms 103:10-11125 votes
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Colossians 3:13118 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.
Romans 8:1115 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 5:1112 votes
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Proverbs 19:11111 votes
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Matthew 6:12107 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 18:15104 votes
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.
Philippians 3:13102 votes
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Luke 23:3497 votes
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Jeremiah 31:3494 votes
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
John 3:1686 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.
Psalms 32:580 votes
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.
Matthew 18:21-3573 votes
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Psalms 138:868 votes
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
What does the Bible say about forgiving yourself?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of forgiving yourself. Across 5,054 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 5:7, Ephesians 4:32, Mark 11:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.