Exodus 34:7
34:7 keeping loyal love for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression
of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
Psalms 32:1-2
Psalm 32
By David; a well-written song.
32:1 How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven,
whose sin is pardoned!
32:2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 86:5
86:5 Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving,
and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
Psalms 130:4
130:4 But you are willing to forgive,
so that you might be honored.
Isaiah 43:25
43:25 I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;
your sins I do not remember.
Isaiah 55:6-7
55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available;
call to him while he is nearby!
55:7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle
and sinful people their plans.
They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them,
and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
Jeremiah 31:34
31:34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
Daniel 9:9
9:9 Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving,
even though we have rebelled against him.
Daniel 9:19
9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.”
Jonah 4:2
4:2 He prayed to the
Lord and said, “Oh,
Lord, this is just what I thought
would happen
when I was in my own country.
This is what I tried to prevent
by attempting to escape to Tarshish!
– because I knew
that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and abounding
in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
Micah 7:18
7:18 There is no other God like you!
You forgive sin
and pardon the rebellion
of those who remain among your people.
You do not remain angry forever,
but delight in showing loyal love.
Luke 1:77
1:77 to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
Luke 7:40-42
7:40 So
Jesus answered him,
“Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied,
“Say it, Teacher.”
7:41 “A certain creditor
had two debtors; one owed him
five hundred silver coins,
and the other fifty.
7:42 When they could not pay, he canceled
the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Luke 7:47-50
7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much;
but the one who is forgiven little loves little.”
7:48 Then
Jesus
said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
7:49 But
those who were at the table
with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
7:50 He
said to the woman, “Your faith
has saved you;
go in peace.”
Luke 24:47
24:47 and repentance
for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed
in his name to all nations,
beginning from Jerusalem.
John 20:23
20:23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven;
if you retain anyone’s sins, they are retained.”
Acts 2:38
2:38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized
in the name of Jesus Christ
for
the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 3:19
3:19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
Acts 10:43
10:43 About him all the prophets testify,
that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins
through his name.”
Acts 13:38-39
13:38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one
forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
13:39 and by this one
everyone who believes is justified
from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify
you.
Romans 4:6-9
4:6 So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
4:7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
4:8 blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin.”
4:9 Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”
Colossians 2:13
2:13 And even though you were dead in your
transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless
made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
Hebrews 10:17-18
10:17 then he says,
“
Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”
10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Hebrews 10:1
Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted
10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.
Hebrews 1:7-9
1:7 And he says
of the angels, “
He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”
1:8 but of
the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
1:9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”
Hebrews 2:12
2:12 saying, “
I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”