Exodus 34:7
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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.”(A)
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- 34.7 Or for thousands
Exodus 20:5-6
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5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me(A) 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(B)
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- 20.6 Or to thousands
Psalm 103:3
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3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,(A)
Deuteronomy 5:9-10
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9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me(A) 10 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.(B)
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Ephesians 1:7
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7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace(A)
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Jeremiah 32:18
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18 You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,(A)
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- 32.18 Or to thousands
1 John 1:9
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9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A)
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Nahum 1:2-3
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The Consuming Wrath of God
2 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and prolongs it against his enemies.(A)
3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power,
and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.(B)
Numbers 14:18-23
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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
but by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
to the third and the fourth generation.’(A)
19 “Forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have pardoned this people, from Egypt even until now.”(B)
20 Then the Lord said, “I do forgive, just as you have asked;(C) 21 nevertheless, as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,(D) 22 none of the people who have seen my glory and the signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and yet have tested me these ten times and have not obeyed my voice 23 shall see the land that I swore to give to their ancestors; none of those who despised me shall see it.
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Psalm 130:4
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4 But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.(A)
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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Job 10:14
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14 If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.(A)
Exodus 23:7
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7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(A)
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Hebrews 12:29
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29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)
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Nahum 1:6
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6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(A)
Daniel 9:4
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4 I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying,
“Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love with those who love you[a] and keep your[b] commandments,(A)
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Romans 4:7-8
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7 “Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven
and whose sins are covered;(A)
8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin.”
Romans 3:19-26
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19 Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.(A) 20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.(B)
Righteousness through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets,(C) 22 the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ[a] for all who believe.[b] For there is no distinction,(D) 23 since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;(E) 24 they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,(F) 25 whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement[c] by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;(G) 26 it was to demonstrate at the present time his own righteousness, so that he is righteous and he justifies the one who has the faith of Jesus.[d]
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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)
Ephesians 4:32
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32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.[a](A)
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Romans 9:22-23
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22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,(A) 23 and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
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Nehemiah 9:32
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32 “Now therefore, our God—the great and mighty and awesome God, keeping covenant and steadfast love—do not treat lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, upon our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until today.
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Nehemiah 1:5
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5 I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,(A)
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Romans 2:4-9
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4 Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?(A) 5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(B) 6 He will repay according to each one’s deeds:(C) 7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life, 8 while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.(D) 9 There will be affliction and distress for everyone who does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek,(E)
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Acts 13:38
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38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers and sisters,[a] that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;(A)
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