The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving

Synonyms for Forgiveness: absolution, pardon, amnesty, exoneration, mercy, pardoning, acquittal, condonation, remission, clearing, and clemency 

Psalm 25:18 (NIV)
Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

Psalm 32:1 (NIV)
Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Psalm 130:3-4 (NIV)
If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4. But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

Jeremiah 33:8 (NIV)
I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.

Daniel 9:9 (NIV)
The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV)
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 9:2 (NIV)
Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 26:28 (NIV)
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 1:4 (NIV)
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 3:28-29 (NIV)
Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”

Luke 1:76-78 (NIV)
And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77. to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78. because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

Luke 24:46-47 (NIV)
He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47. and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

John 20:21-23 (NIV)
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22. And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Acts 2:38 (NIV)
Peter replied, “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.

Acts 5:31 (NIV)
God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.

Acts 10:43 (NIV)
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Acts 13:38-39 (NIV)
“Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.

2 Corinthians 2:10-11 (NIV)
Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11. in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV)
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 2:13-14 (NIV)
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14. having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.

1 John 1:9 (NIV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

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