What Does the Bible Say About God Forgives And Forgets?

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 138 helpful votes

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 103 helpful votes

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”

Hebrews 10:17 ESV / 72 helpful votes

Then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 69 helpful votes

And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Acts 3:19 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

1 John 1:7-9 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Micah 7:19 ESV / 35 helpful votes

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 34 helpful votes

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

John 3:16 ESV / 32 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 28 helpful votes

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

Romans 11:29 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Psalm 103:11-12 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

2 Timothy 2:25-26 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Acts 10:43 ESV / 12 helpful votes

To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Luke 6:37 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Isaiah 43:25-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

Isaiah 38:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Psalm 32:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

1 John 2:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 John 1:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward.

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? ...

Romans 8:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Micah 7:18-19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

James 1:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,

Hebrews 4:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Daniel 9:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Genesis 41:51 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Philippians 3:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Proverbs 22:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Psalm 103:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

Psalm 103:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Hebrews 10:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,” then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

Colossians 1:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Romans 3:21-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

Romans 1:1-16:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Micah 7:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

67 Bible Verses about God Forgives And Forgets

Isaiah 43:25 ESV / 138 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 8:12 ESV / 103 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:17 ESV / 72 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 31:34 ESV / 69 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 3:19 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:7-9 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Micah 7:19 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:12 ESV / 34 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:9 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:29 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 31:31-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:11-12 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:25-26 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 10:43 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:37 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 43:25-26 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 38:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 32:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 John 1:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 3:1-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Micah 7:18-19 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 11:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 9:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 25:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 41:51 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:31-32 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 3:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 23:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 22:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 103:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:21-25 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1-16:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Micah 7:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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