Quotes About Forgiveness

Godly sorrow is a change of heart resulting in complete agreement with God over the matter.

Do not call anything impure that God has made clean" (Acts 10:15). Praise God that all who are in Christ have been made clean.

Never in all of Scripture does Christ resist the repentant sinner. He resisted the proud and the self-righteous religious, but never the humble and repentant.

The woman at the well, I believe, represents women everywhere— women who are forgiven sinners and women who are unforgiven sinners. Which describes you? The Samaritan woman was unforgiven, just like a lot of women in the world. But then she encountered Jesus. I

If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. 1 John 3:20

What fruit was produced then from the things you are now ashamed of? Romans 6:21

Sins that differ from ours always seem worse.

Forgiveness means deferring the cause to Christ and deciding to be free of the ongoing burden of bitterness and blame.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abundant in faithful love to all who call on You. Psalm 86:5

Lord, at whatever point I judge another person, Your Word says I am condemning myself, because those of us who pass judgment do the same things. Now I know that Your judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when I, a mere human, pass judgment on others and yet do the same things, do I think I will escape Your judgment? (Rom. 2:1—2). If I do not judge, I will not be judged. If I do not condemn, I will not be condemned. If I

If you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. Matthew 6:14

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD's wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. (Mic. 7:8–9)

Part of the exquisite beauty of salvation is its simplicity. Any man, woman, or child can come to Christ with absolutely nothing to offer Him but simple faith—just as they are. Salvation requires nothing more than childlike faith—believing that Jesus Christ died for my sins and accepting His gift of salvation.

So please forgive my self-loathing. Help me to praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well (Ps. 139:14).

God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

If the Bible is about anything at all, it is about God having mercy on the pitiful plight of men, forgiving their sins and restoring their lives.

One thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead … Philippians 3:13

I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and You took away the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32:5

Those that we need to forgive most often grasp the least how much they've hurt us. If they understood and took responsibility, it wouldn't take the cross to forgive them. It could just happen over coffee...'Father I forgive them in Christ's name, for they don't understand what they did.

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many. Hebrews 12:15

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. 1 John 3:16 You may say, "You don't know what I've been through." Please hear my heart. I am completely compassionate, because I've also been hurt by people who were supposed to love me. But let me say this: no matter how many people have made you feel unloved, the heavenly Father has done so much more to show you that you are loved. If need be, make a list of ways you've

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

I have given Him permission to take every one of my memories captive to Christ, and now I can no longer see my abuses and sins in their own accord or in the hands of Satan. Now I see them in the healing, forgiving, nail-scarred hands of Jesus where He is cleansing them and transforming them into the stuff of mercy.

The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Proverbs 28:13