Biblical Reference on Forgiveness????????????Do you know where any are at?????????????/?

Question

I know that there are references throughout the Bible on forgiveness. I am teaching a youth group lesson on forgiveness and following God. I am trying to make footprints with modern day scenarios about forgiveness that parallel the Bible. I have some verses that I have been studying from 2 Samuel about Saul and David. I was also thinking about the robber on the cross next to Jesus. I'm still studying, but any references would be helpful. IF you just give me the book chapter and verse I will look it up.

Answer 1

1 John 1:9
Matthew 6:15
Psalm 103:12

Answer 2

There are many parts of the bible that have been minipulated, or misinterperited to try to get it to sound like it was talking about forgivness.

The simple truth is God is unconditionally loving and never judges anything that we do. If you actually read the parable of the prodigal son you get the only true representation of God in the whole bible.

Still it is spun and misinterpreted to mean something that it was never intended to mean. It is billed as a story of forgiveness but if you actually read what it says there is no mention that the father ever judged the prodigal son in any way, This being the case there is nothing to forgive, and quite logically forgiveness is never mentioned at all.

This idea of forgiveness is added to the story as a subjective viewpoint added by the one telling it. Try reading the actual words of the text minus any presumption or bias that you have been taught and you will see what it really says.

This is the true God that Jesus was trying to show us. Many think that this was the reason that he was killed. Apparently many people in Jesus' time had a great investment in a judgmental God. An important enough investment that they were willing to kill to protect it. Looks like not a lot has changed.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 3

Mathew chapter 12 verse 30,Mt6:14,Lk 23:34, col 3:13 1Jn1:9,

Answer 4

Isaiah 55:7
"Let the wicked man leave his way, and the harmful man his thoughts; and let him return to God, who will have mercy upon him, and our God will forgive in a large way."

Isaiah 1:18-19
"Come, now, YOU people, and let us set matters straight between us,” says the Lord. “Though the sins of YOU people should prove to be as scarlet, they will be made white just like snow; though they should be red like crimson cloth, they will become even like wool. If YOU people show willingness and do listen,. . ."

Jesus’ illustrations of the prodigal son and of the king who forgave a slave a debt of 10,000 talents ($40,000,000), whereas that slave was unwilling to forgive a fellow slave a debt of but a hundred denarii ($70). (Isa 55:7; Lu 15:11-32; Mt 18:23-35)

Answer 5

Look for the concordance in the back of the Bible.(keywords like forgiveness )

Answer 6

Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Answer 7

I John 1:9 states in KJV
"If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness"

Answer 8

Go here ---> http://www.bible.com
Pick a Bible
In the keyword box type "forgiveness"
press enter on your keyboard

Answer 9

Go here

http://www.biblegateway.com/