90+ Bible Verses About Second Chances

God never gives up on us. The Bible is filled with promises of forgiveness and new beginnings. When we make mistakes, His mercy is always available. Second chances are at the heart of the Gospel message. 

No matter how far we’ve fallen, God’s grace can restore us. His love is stronger than our failures. These verses remind us that with God, it’s never too late to start again. Every day is a chance to begin fresh in His amazing grace.

90 Bible Verses About Second Chances

• Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
• Psalm 103:8 – “The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.”
• Psalm 86:5 – “You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.”
• Micah 7:18 – “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.”
• Nehemiah 9:17 – “But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.”
• Joel 2:13 – “Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.”
• Exodus 34:6-7 – “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
• Psalm 145:8 – “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.”

• 1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
• Isaiah 1:18 – “Come now, let us settle the matter, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
• Psalm 103:12 – “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
• Micah 7:19 – “You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”
• Acts 3:19 – “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”
• Hebrews 8:12 – “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
• Psalm 51:7 – “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”
• Isaiah 43:25 – “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”

• Romans 8:1 – “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
• John 3:17 – “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
• John 8:11 – “Then neither do I condemn you, Jesus declared. Go now and leave your life of sin.”
• Romans 8:33-34 – “Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.”
• Colossians 2:13-14 – “He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us.”

• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
• Ezekiel 36:26 – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
• Psalm 51:10 – “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
• Ephesians 4:22-24 – “You were taught to put off your old self and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
• Romans 12:2 – “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
• Titus 3:5 – “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy through the washing of rebirth and renewal.”
• Revelation 21:5 – “He who was seated on the throne said, I am making everything new!”

• Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
• Romans 5:20 – “Where sin increased, grace increased all the more.”
• 2 Corinthians 12:9 – “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
• Titus 2:11 – “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people.”
• Romans 3:23-24 – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace.”
• Hebrews 4:16 – “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
• 2 Timothy 1:9 – “He has saved us and called us to a holy life, not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.”
• James 4:6 – “But he gives us more grace. God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

• 1 Peter 5:10 – “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
• Joel 2:25 – “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.”
• Psalm 23:3 – “He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.”
• Isaiah 61:7 – “Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance.”
• Jeremiah 30:17 – “But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord.”
• Job 42:10 – “The Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.”
• Psalm 71:20 – “Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again.”

• Isaiah 55:7 – “Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them.”
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
• Ezekiel 18:32 – “For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!”
• Acts 3:19 – “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.”
• Luke 15:7 – “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”
• James 4:8 – “Come near to God and he will come near to you.”
• Hosea 14:4 – “I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.”

• 2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
• Romans 2:4 – “God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.”
• 1 Timothy 1:16 – “But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience.”
• Psalm 86:15 – “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.”
• Numbers 14:18 – “The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.”

• Philippians 3:13-14 – “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal.”
• Isaiah 43:18-19 – “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”
• Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
• Romans 6:4 – “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
• Revelation 3:20 – “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in.”

• Proverbs 24:16 – “For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.”
• Micah 7:8 – “Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.”
• Psalm 37:24 – “Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 – “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
• Psalm 40:2 – “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”

• Psalm 136:1 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”
• Lamentations 3:31-32 – “For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.”
• Psalm 103:17 – “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him.”
• Romans 8:38-39 – “Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”

• Colossians 1:13-14 – “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
• Ephesians 1:7 – “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
• Galatians 3:13 – “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.”
• Psalm 130:7-8 – “Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.”
• 1 Peter 1:18-19 – “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed, but with the precious blood of Christ.”

• 1 John 2:1 – “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.”
• Hebrews 7:25 – “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.”
• Romans 8:34 – “Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died, more than that, who was raised to life, is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.”

• Matthew 11:28-30 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.”
• Psalm 30:5 – “For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.”
• Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles.”
• Psalm 147:3 – “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 – “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.”

• 1 Thessalonians 5:24 – “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”
• 2 Timothy 2:13 – “If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
• Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations.”
• Psalm 89:1-2 – “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.”

• Romans 11:29 – “For God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.”
• Revelation 3:19 – “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.”
• Psalm 51:17 – “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Bible say about getting a second chance? 

The Bible teaches that God’s mercy is new every morning and He always offers forgiveness to those who turn to Him.

Can God forgive any sin? 

Yes, God can forgive any sin when we confess and repent with a sincere heart.

How many times will God give us a second chance? 

God’s forgiveness is unlimited; He continues to offer grace as long as we genuinely seek Him.

What is the most powerful verse about second chances? 

Lamentations 3:22-23 is often considered most powerful, stating that God’s mercies are new every morning.

How do I know if God has forgiven me? 

When you confess your sins, 1 John 1:9 promises that God is faithful to forgive and cleanse you completely.

Conclusion

God’s Word is filled with promises of second chances and fresh starts. No matter what mistakes you’ve made or how far you’ve fallen, God’s love remains constant. His grace is sufficient for every failure, and His mercy never runs out. 

These 90 verses remind us that redemption is always possible through Christ. Don’t let guilt or shame keep you from God’s forgiveness. He is ready to restore you and give you a new beginning. 

Say This Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your amazing grace and endless mercy. I am grateful that you offer second chances no matter how many times I fall. Help me to accept Your forgiveness and walk in freedom. Teach me to forgive myself as You have forgiven me. 

Give me strength to leave my past behind and move forward. Help me to extend the same grace to others that You have shown me. May I live each day knowing Your love never fails. In Jesus’ name, Amen.