Forgiveness & Mercy Bible Verses

“And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.”

— Matthew 1:21

“And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand and touching him saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean.”

— Mark 1:41

“Grace be with you, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus the Son of the Father: in truth and charity.”

— 2 John 1:3

“Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto life everlasting.”

— Jude 1:21

“And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.”

— 2 Samuel 2:6

“Sing praise, and rejoice, O daughter of Sion: for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: saith the Lord.”

— Zechariah 2:10

“And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”

— Mark 2:5

“For we are not as many, adulterating the word of God: but with sincerity: but as from God, before God, in Christ we speak. ”

— 2 Corinthians 2:17

“But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid!”

— Galatians 2:17

“Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

— 2 Thessalonians 2:13

“These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.”

— Numbers 3:1

“And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offences, nor those of my parents.”

— Tobit 3:3

“Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art a merciful God, and have pity on us: for we have sinned before thee.”

— Baruch 3:2

“To you first, God, raising up his Son, hath sent him to bless you: that every one may convert himself from his wickedness. ”

— Acts 3:26

“According to zeal, persecuting the church of God: According to the justice that is in the law, conversing without blame.”

— Philippians 3:6

“Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”

— 1 John 3:9

“Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.”

— Lamentations 4:20

“And returning home, they sung a hymn, and blessed God in heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.”

— 1 Maccabees 4:24

“And rising up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the wind ceased: and there was made a great calm.”

— Mark 4:39

“And be ye kind one to another: merciful, forgiving one another, even as God hath forgiven you in Christ. ”

— Ephesians 4:32

“Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.”

— Hebrews 4:14

“Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”

— James 4:8

“And offer of the flocks an ewe lamb, or a she goat, and the priest shall pray for him and for his sin.”

— Leviticus 5:6

“And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which he lay: and he went away to his own house, glorifying God.”

— Luke 5:25

“Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour. to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.”

— Acts 5:31

“And he shall pray for him before the Lord: and he shall have forgiveness for every thing in doing of which he bath sinned.”

— Leviticus 6:7

“And the priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer both the sin offering and the holocaust.”

— Numbers 6:16

“And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king.”

— 2 Kings 6:26

“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.”

— Hosea 6:6

“Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, dieth now no more. Death shall no more have dominion over him.”

— Romans 6:9

“And Hiram made cauldrons, and shovels, and basins, and finished all the work of king Solomon in the temple of the Lord.”

— 1 Kings 7:40

“Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.”

— Judith 7:23

“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.”

— Zechariah 7:9

“The grace of God, by Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I myself, with the mind serve the law of God: but with the flesh, the law of sin. ”

— Romans 7:25

“But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever).”

— Hebrews 7:21

“And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.”

— 1 Samuel 8:6

“Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.”

— Tobit 8:10

“I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.”

— Song of Solomon 8:10

“Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.”

— Sirach 8:6

“Now when Machabeus had gathered a multitude, he could not be withstood by the heathens: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.”

— 2 Maccabees 8:5

“Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.”

— Leviticus 9:2

“The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.”

— Psalms 9:17

“O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, that have sinned.”

— Daniel 9:8

“And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.”

— Matthew 9:27

“Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.”

— John 9:3

“So also Christ was offered once to exhaust the sins of many. The second time he shall appear without sin to them that expect him unto salvation. ”

— Hebrews 9:28

“Wherefore Pharao in haste called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.”

— Exodus 10:16

“If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.”

— Ecclesiastes 10:4

“Who when he had heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, began to cry out and to say: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.”

— Mark 10:47

“And Solomon did that which was not pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David, his father.”

— 1 Kings 11:6

“So they went on courageously, having a helper from heaven, and the Lord, who shewed mercy to them.”

— 2 Maccabees 11:10

“But the money for trespass, and the money for sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord, because it was for the priests.”

— 2 Kings 12:16

“Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face, blessed God, and rising up, they told all his wonderful works. ”

— Tobit 12:22

“Peter therefore was kept in prison. But prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him.”

— Acts 12:5

“And he did evil before the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; and he departed not from them.”

— 2 Kings 13:2

“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name.”

— Hebrews 13:15

“And he shall pray for him before the Lord, and shall offer the sacrifice for sin. Then shall he immolate the holocaust.”

— Leviticus 14:19

“And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.”

— 1 Kings 14:22

“And he did that which is evil before the Lord. He departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.”

— 2 Kings 14:24

“We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.”

— Jeremiah 14:20

“And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her uncleanness.”

— Leviticus 15:30

“And he did evil before the Lord, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sins, wherewith he made Israel to sin. ”

— 1 Kings 15:34

“And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.”

— 2 Kings 15:24

“And all that is due to the king, and what should be the king's hereafter, from this present and for ever, is forgiven thee.”

— 1 Maccabees 15:8

“So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.”

— Luke 15:10

“Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the cleansing from all your sins. You shall be cleansed before the Lord.”

— Leviticus 16:30

“But every one shall offer according to what he hath, according to the blessing of the Lord his God, which he shall give him.”

— Deuteronomy 16:17

“Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.”

— Judith 16:2

“Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.”

— Sirach 18:20

“Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways, and live?”

— Ezekiel 18:23

“Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?”

— Matthew 18:21

“For they fed on their food like horses, and they skipped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.”

— Wisdom 19:9

“Sing ye to the Lord, praise the Lord: because he hath delivered the soul of the poor out of the hand of the wicked.”

— Jeremiah 20:13

“He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart.”

— Sirach 21:7

“And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days. ”

— Psalms 22:6

“It is the continual holocaust which you offered in mount Sinai for a most sweet odour of a sacrifice by fire to the Lord.”

— Numbers 28:6

“He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.”

— Sirach 28:1

“And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.”

— 2 Chronicles 29:2

“A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.”

— Sirach 29:25

“The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.”

— Deuteronomy 30:3

“Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.”

— Sirach 30:24

“And the Lord, when he had ended these words in Mount Sinai, gave to Moses two stone tables of testimony, written with the finger of God. ”

— Exodus 31:18

“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.”

— Psalms 31:2

“As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.”

— Isaiah 31:5

“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Go, get thee down: thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath sinned.”

— Exodus 32:7

“But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake you.”

— Numbers 32:23

“He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.”

— Sirach 32:18

“And he did not humble himself before the lord, as Manasses his father had humbled himself, but committed far greater sin.”

— 2 Chronicles 33:23

“Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence.”

— Psalm 1:1

“Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.”

— Thessalonians 5:16

“I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.”

— Micah 6:8

“But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time, Christ died for us.”

— Romans 5:8

“And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us.”

— Hebrews 12:1

“For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.”

— Psalm 100:5

“And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.”

— Joel 2:13

“The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.”

— Habakkuk 3:19

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the Lord: if I open not unto you the flood-gates of heaven, and pour you out a blessing even to abundance.”

— Malachi 3:10

“For all have sinned, and do need the glory of God.”

— Romans 3:23

“For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

— Romans 6:23

“For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

— Romans 10:9

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercy of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, your reasonable service.”

— Romans 12:1

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace.”

— Ephesians 1:7

“Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience.”

— Colossians 3:12

“A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.”

— Timothy 1:15

“Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.”

— Timothy 6:12

“Not by the works of justice, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renovation of the Holy Ghost.”

— Titus 3:5

“Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy, and find grace in seasonable aid.”

— Hebrews 4:16

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering (for he is faithful that hath promised).”

— Hebrews 10:23

“Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.”

— Hebrews 12:2

“But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation.”

— James 3:17

“Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.”

— James 5:16

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”

— Peter 1:3

“Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.”

— Peter 2:24

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

— John 1:9

“And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper, and my redeemer.”

— Psalm 19:14

“For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.”

— Psalm 84:11

“Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour.”

— Psalm 95:1

“Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.”

— Psalm 96:1

“The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.”

— Psalm 103:8

“Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.”

— Psalm 107:1

“Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to thee.”

— Psalm 143:8

“Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.”

— Proverbs 10:12

“He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.”

— Proverbs 21:21

“Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.”

— Proverbs 23:17

“He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.”

— Proverbs 28:13

“And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.”

— Isaiah 1:18

“But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed.”

— Isaiah 53:5

“For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.”

— Isaiah 54:10

“And I will make them a blessing round about my hill: and I will send down the rain in its season, there shall be showers of blessing.”

— Ezekiel 34:26

“Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.”

— Hosea 10:12

“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”

— Matthew 5:7

“For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences.”

— Matthew 6:14

“And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.”

— Matthew 8:26

“And saying: The time is accomplished, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.”

— Mark 1:15

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.”

— Luke 6:37

“I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.”

— Luke 15:7

“But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

— Acts 2:38