Alexander Pope (the author of the poem, An Essay on Criticism) penned one of the most quoted lines of poetry. “To err is human, to forgive divine.” Alex caught the essence of the Bible' message in that one line. Forgiveness is the core of the Gospel. Scriptures are dripping with forgiveness. Depending on what version you read, there are up to 700 verses containing the word forgive and its variants. God is serious about forgiveness