If you are praying about forgiveness right now, either receiving it or extending it, these verses are meant to be used directly.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Psalms 103:3
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalms 25:18
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:1
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Psalms 32:6
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 84:8
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Isaiah 26:16
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Mark 11:17
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall havethem.
Mark 11:24
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.
Mark 11:25
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark 11:26
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans 4:7
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Romans 10:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 39:12
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Luke 11:1
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke 11:2
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 11:4
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John 5:16
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms 55:1
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalms 55:17
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Daniel 6:10
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Matthew 6:12 works well prayed slowly, considering both the forgiveness you need and the forgiveness you may need to extend.
It is worth returning to Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness for exactly this reason.
If this speaks to your current situation, you may also want to read Bible Verses About Prayer and Strength or Bible Verses About Children's Protection, both of which touch on related ground.
Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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It can help to resist the urge to read through all twenty verses in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness in one sitting. Scripture written centuries apart, in different circumstances, by different authors, tends to reward slower reading. Try picking just two or three verses at a time, reading each one twice, and sitting with it for a moment before moving on. You may notice a detail on the second reading that you missed on the first.
Every verse gathered in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
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Every verse in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
There is no required order for working through Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness. Some readers start at the top and read straight through; others scroll until one verse catches their attention and start there instead. Both approaches work equally well, since each verse stands on its own even outside the sequence it is presented in.
Not every verse in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness will land the same way on a first read. Scripture written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture, occasionally uses language or imagery that takes a moment to connect with a modern situation. If a particular verse feels unclear, reading it again after a day or two, or alongside a study Bible’s footnotes, often helps.
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Scripture collections like Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness work best as a returning place, not a one-time stop. The verses here will still be accurate and still be relevant the next time you need them, whether that is tomorrow or a year from now, which is precisely the point of gathering them together in one place rather than leaving you to search for each one individually.
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A handful of verses in Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
If this is the first time you have looked specifically for Bible Verses For Prayer and Forgiveness, welcome. You do not need any particular background or prior Bible knowledge to read what is here — each verse is presented with its reference so you can look up more context whenever you want it.
Readers exploring this topic may also value Bible Verses For Praying for Others or Bible Verses About Praying for Others.
If you want to compare these verses across other translations, Bible Gateway offers a free side-by-side reading tool.
For verse-by-verse commentary and cross-references, Bible Hub is a genuinely useful free resource.
Return to this verse regularly, since it addresses both sides of forgiveness together.