2 Samuel 12:13
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13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.(A)
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2 Samuel 24:10
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Judgment on David’s Sin
10 But afterward, David was stricken to the heart because he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, I pray you, take away the guilt of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”(A)
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Proverbs 28:13
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13 No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.(A)
Leviticus 20:10
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10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of[a] his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.(A)
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- 20.10 Heb repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of
Luke 15:21
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21 Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a](A)
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- 15.21 Other ancient authorities add Treat me like one of your hired servants
Zechariah 3:4
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4 The angel[a] said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And to him he said, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you, and I will clothe you with festal apparel.”(A)
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- 3.4 Heb He
Micah 7:18-19
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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love
18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.(B)
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- 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
Psalm 51:4
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4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.(A)
Psalm 32:1-5
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Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Of David. A Maskil.
1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.(A)
2 Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.(B)
3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.(C)
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(D)
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah(E)
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- 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 15:30
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30 Then Saul[a] said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”(A)
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- 15.30 Heb he
Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood
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- 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed
1 John 1:7-2:1
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7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(B) 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.(C)
Christ Our Advocate
2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,(D)
Hebrews 9:26
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26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.(A)
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Romans 8:33-34
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33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.(A) 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ[a] who died, or rather, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.(B)
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- 8.34 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Acts 13:38-39
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Acts 2:37
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The First Converts
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers,[a] what should we do?”(A)
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- 2.37 Gk Men, brothers
Matthew 14:10
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10 he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.
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Matthew 14:3-5
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3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(A) 4 because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(B) 5 Though Herod[a] wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.(C)
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- 14.5 Gk he
Lamentations 3:32
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32 Although he causes grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;(A)
Isaiah 44:22
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22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.(A)
Isaiah 43:24
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24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
Rather, you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.(A)
Isaiah 38:17
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17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[a] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.(A)
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- 38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
Isaiah 6:5-7
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5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(A)
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph[a] touched my mouth with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”(B)
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- 6.7 Heb He
Proverbs 25:12
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12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold
is a wise rebuke to a listening ear.(A)
Psalm 130:3-4
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3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?(A)
4 But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.(B)
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