Quotes about Forgiveness
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
— Hosea 14:4
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
— Joel 2:14
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
— Joel 2:18
“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
— Amos 4:6
“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
— Amos 4:9
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
— Amos 4:11
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
— Amos 7:2
“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
— Jonah 1:12
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
— Jonah 1:14
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
— Jonah 3:9
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
— Jonah 3:10
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
— Jonah 4:11