Psalm 145:8
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8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(A)
Psalm 145:8
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Numbers 14:18
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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)
Numbers 14:18
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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B)
Psalm 86:5
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)
Psalm 86:5
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5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.
Psalm 103:8
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8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(A)
Psalm 103:8
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8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Psalm 100:5
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5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever
and his faithfulness to all generations.(A)
Psalm 100:5
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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)
Psalm 86:15
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Romans 5:20-21
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20 But law came in, so that the trespass might increase, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,(A) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so grace might also reign through justification leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans 5:20-21
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Micah 7:18-20
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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)
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
from the days of old.(C)
Footnotes
- 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their
Micah 7:18-20
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18 Who is a God(A) like you,
who pardons sin(B) and forgives(C) the transgression
of the remnant(D) of his inheritance?(E)
You do not stay angry(F) forever
but delight to show mercy.(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(H) into the depths of the sea.(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(K)
in days long ago.(L)
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
Exodus 34:6-7
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6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) 7 maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)
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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Jonah 4:2
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2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E)
Psalm 116:5
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5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
our God is merciful.(A)
Psalm 116:5
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Ephesians 2:4
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4 but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us(A)
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Ephesians 2:4
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4 But because of his great love for us,(A) God, who is rich in mercy,
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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Daniel 9:9
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