Daniel 9:9
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9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him(A)
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Ephesians 1:6-8
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6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace(A) 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight
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Daniel 9:7
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7 “Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.(A)
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Daniel 9:5
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5 we have sinned and done wrong, acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances.(A)
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Ephesians 2:4-7
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4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(A) 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places[b] in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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Psalm 130:7
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7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.(A)
Psalm 86:15
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15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)
Jeremiah 14:7
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7 Although our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, for your name’s sake;
our rebellions indeed are many,
and we have sinned against you.(A)
Exodus 34:6-7
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6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,
“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(A)
7 keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(B)
Footnotes
- 34.7 Or for thousands
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)
Footnotes
- 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
Psalm 130:4
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4 But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.(A)
Psalm 62:12
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12 and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.(A)
Jonah 4:2
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2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.(A)
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