37 Bible Verses About Forgiveness From The Tanakh

37 Bible Verses About Forgiveness From The Tanakh

1. Genesis 50:17

"‘Thus you shall say to Joseph, “Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him."



2. Exodus 23:21 - "Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since my name is in him."


3. Exodus 32:32 - "But now, if You will forgive their sin—; and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!"


4. Exodus 34:7 - "who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations."


5. Leviticus 4:20 - "He shall also do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven."


6. Leviticus 4:26 - "And all its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin, and he will be forgiven."


7. Leviticus 4:31 - "Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the Lord. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven."


8. Leviticus 4:35 - "Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the Lord. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven."


9. Leviticus 5:10 - "The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it will be forgiven him."


10. Leviticus 5:13 - "So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has committed from one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering."


11. Leviticus 6:7 - "Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt."


12. Leviticus 16:30 - "For it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord."


13. Leviticus 19:22 - "The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him."


14. Leviticus 26:18 - "If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins."


15. Leviticus 26:21 - "If then, you act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins."


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16. Leviticus 26:18 - "If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins."


17. Leviticus 26:21 - "If then, you act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins."


18. Leviticus 26:24 - "then I will act with hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins."


19. Leviticus 26:28 - "then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins."


20. Numbers 5:7 - "then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged."


21. Deuteronomy 4:31 - "For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them."


22. Deuteronomy 5:9 - "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,"


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24. Deuteronomy 7:9 - "Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;"


25. Deuteronomy 7:10 - "but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face."


26. Deuteronomy 7:12 - "Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers."


27. Deuteronomy 9:7 - "Remember, do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord."


28. Deuteronomy 9:18 - "I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger."


29. Deuteronomy 9:19 - "For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the Lord was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the Lord listened to me that time also."


30. Deuteronomy 10:17 - "For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe."


31. Deuteronomy 10:18 - "He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing."


32. Deuteronomy 10:19 - "So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt."


33. Deuteronomy 21:8 - "Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Lord, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them."


34. Deuteronomy 29:20 - "The Lord shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven."


35. Deuteronomy 32:43 - "Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people."


36. Joshua 24:19 - "Then Joshua said to the people, 'You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.'"



37. Judges 10:15 - "The sons of Israel said to the Lord, 'We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day.'"

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