The word in Scripture

Pardon in the Bible

The word pardon appears 16 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Pardon is the gracious release from guilt and its penalty. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What pardon means in the Bible

Pardon is the gracious release from guilt and its penalty.

Where the word pardon appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word pardon appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.”Exodus 23:21

“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”Exodus 34:9

“Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.”1 Samuel 15:25

“And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.”2 Kings 24:4

“For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.”Psalms 25:11

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”Isaiah 55:7

“Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.”Jeremiah 5:1

“And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.”Jeremiah 33:8