Romans 4:7
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7 (A)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
Psalm 32:1-2
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Blessed Are the Forgiven
A Maskil[a] of David.
32 (A)Blessed is the one whose (B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord (C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit (D)there is no deceit.
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 130:3-4
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3 If you, O Lord, should (A)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (B)stand?
4 But with you there is (C)forgiveness,
(D)that you may be feared.
Luke 7:47-50
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47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, (A)which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” 48 And he said to her, (B)“Your sins are forgiven.” 49 Then those who were at table with him began to say among[a] themselves, (C)“Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 50 And he said to the woman, (D)“Your faith has saved you; (E)go in peace.”
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- Luke 7:49 Or to
Micah 7:18-20
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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.
20 (H)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
(I)as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Isaiah 40:1-2
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Comfort for God's People
40 (A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 (B)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that (C)her warfare[a] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
Psalm 85:2
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Matthew 9:2
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2 (A)And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus (B)saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, (C)“Take heart, my son; (D)your sins are forgiven.”
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Psalm 51:8-9
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8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
(A)let the bones (B)that you have broken rejoice.
9 (C)Hide your face from my sins,
and (D)blot out all my iniquities.
Jeremiah 33:8-9
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8 (A)I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, (B)and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. 9 (C)And this city[a] shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall (D)fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
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- Jeremiah 33:9 Hebrew And it
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