Hosea 14:2
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2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (A)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(B)the vows[a] of our lips.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
Hebrews 13:15
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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
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Psalm 51:2-10
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3 (C)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (D)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (E)in your sight,
(F)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, (G)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in (H)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
7 Purge me (I)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
(J)wash me, and I shall be (K)whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
(L)let the bones (M)that you have broken rejoice.
9 (N)Hide your face from my sins,
and (O)blot out all my iniquities.
10 (P)Create in me a (Q)clean heart, O God,
and (R)renew a right[a] spirit within me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
Job 34:31-32
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31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
32 (A)teach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
Job 7:21
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21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (A)the earth;
you will (B)seek me, (C)but I shall not be.”
1 John 3:5
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5 You know that (A)he appeared in order to (B)take away sins, and (C)in him there is no sin.
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Micah 7:18-19
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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
(F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
into the depths of the sea.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Luke 18:13
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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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Joel 2:17
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17 (A)Between the (B)vestibule and the (C)altar
(D)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[a]
(E)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
Footnotes
- Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
2 Samuel 24:10
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The Lord's Judgment of David's Sin
10 But (A)David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, (B)“I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done (C)very foolishly.”
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2 Samuel 12:13
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13 (A)David said to Nathan, (B)“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, (C)“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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