Quotes about Forgiveness

As Proverbs 17:9 reminds us, peace is more likely when one forgets about past wrongs as opposed to reminding others of them.

I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I'd done to myself.

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Genesis 50:20).

When we judge a brother's or sister's sin as so much worse than our own, we are like lepers counting spots. "She has more than I do.

Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!

I've become increasingly convinced that those we need to forgive most often grasp the least how much they've hurt us. If they understood and took responsibility, it wouldn't have taken the Cross to forgive them. It could have just happened over coffee.

God's mercy does not make sin tolerable; it makes sin forgivable. The proud and the depraved alike must kneel at the same feet for mercy. For those willing, God turns sin's empty cistern into a deep wellspring overflowing with love.

God is far too faithful to allow the prodigal life to be cost-free.

In our day and age, the Samaritan woman might have been someone we would condemn. Maybe we would point out the error of her ways rather than reach out to her in love. But what did Jesus do? He loved her enough to talk to her— and then listen. He acknowledged her as a person. Then, and only then, did He begin to instruct her.

Oh, God, give us a longing—not for the sin of this world to be judged—but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven.

How happy those whose lawless acts are forgiven! … How happy the man whom the Lord will never charge with sin! Romans 4:7—8

Be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8—9