GOD (PART 7)
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
GEN 8:21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.
18:26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of
Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
19:16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his
wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the
LORD was merciful to them.
EXO 15:13 "In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have
redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.
20:2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the
land of slavery.
6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep
my commandments.
22 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites this: 'You have seen
for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven:
25:17 "Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long
and a cubit and a half wide.
32:14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster
he had threatened.
34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go
before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish
them for their sin."
33:19 And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of
you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion.
34:6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD,
the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and
faithfulness,
7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and
sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children
and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth
generation."
LEV 26:44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their
enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them
completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the LORD their God.
45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors
whom I brought out of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I
am the LORD.'"
NUM 14:18 'The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin
and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the
children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.'
19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people,
just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now."
20 The LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked.
16:48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.
21:8 The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone
who is bitten can look at it and live."
DEU 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or
destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he
confirmed to them by oath.
5:29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!
7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God,
keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love
him and keep his commands.
32:29 If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what
their end will be!
36 The LORD will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when
he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of
his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for
his land and people.
JDG 2:18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the
judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge
lived; for the LORD had compassion on them as they groaned under those who
oppressed and afflicted them.
10:16 Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the
LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.
2SA 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."
Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to
die.
14:14 Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we
must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that
a banished person may not remain estranged from him.
24:14 David said to Gad, "I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the
hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the
hands of men."
1KI 8:23 and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in
heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with
your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
2KI 13:23 But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion and showed
concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To
this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his
presence.
14:26 The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or
free, was suffering; there was no one to help them.
27 And since the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel
from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
1CH 16:34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures
forever.
2CH 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice,
to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and
other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang:
"He is good; his love endures forever." Then the temple of the LORD was
filled with a cloud,
7:3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the
LORD above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the
ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "He is
good; his love endures forever."
6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the LORD'S
musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the LORD and
which were used when he gave thanks, saying, "His love endures forever."
Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the
Israelites were standing.
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and
pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear
from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
30:9 If you return to the LORD, then your brothers and your children will
be shown compassion by their captors and will come back to this land, for
the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face
from you if you return to him."
36:15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his
messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his
dwelling place.
EZR 9:9 Though we are slaves, our God has not deserted us in our bondage.
He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has
granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,
and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
13 "What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great
guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have
deserved and have given us a remnant like this.
NEH 1:10 "They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by
your great strength and your mighty hand.
9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you
performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion
appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a
forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in
love. Therefore you did not desert them,
27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when
they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and
in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from
the hand of their enemies.
28 "But as soon as they were at rest, they again did what was evil in your
sight. Then you abandoned them to the hand of their enemies so that they
ruled over them. And when they cried out to you again, you heard from
heaven, and in your compassion you delivered them time after time.
29 "You warned them to return to your law, but they became arrogant and
disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, by which a
man will live if he obeys them. Stubbornly they turned their backs on you,
became stiff-necked and refused to listen.
30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you
admonished them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you
handed them over to the neighboring peoples.
31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them,
for you are a gracious and merciful God.
JOB 23:2 "Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of
my groaning.
3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would
say.
6 Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges
against me.
24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the
wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
33:14 For God does speak--now one way, now another-- though man may not
perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as
they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,
17 to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,
18 to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the
sword.
19 Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in
his bones,
20 so that his very being finds food repulsive and his soul loathes the
choicest meal.
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick
out.
22 His soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the messengers of
death.
23 "Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a
thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
24 to be gracious to him and say, 'Spare him from going down to the pit; I
have found a ransom for him'--
25 then his flesh is renewed like a child's; it is restored as in the days
of his youth.
26 He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God's face and shouts
for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.
27 Then he comes to men and says, 'I sinned, and perverted what was right,
but I did not get what I deserved.
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to
enjoy the light.'
29 "God does all these things to a man-- twice, even three times--
30 to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on
him.
PSA 18:50 He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness
to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
25:6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of
old.
30:5 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction
and knew the anguish of my soul.
32:1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are
covered.
2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in
whose spirit is no deceit.
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I
said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"--and you forgave the
guilt of my sin. Selah
36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the
skies.
50:21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was
altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
57:10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness
reaches to the skies.
62:12 and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person
according to what he has done.
65:3 When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.
69:16 Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great
mercy turn to me.
78:38 Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy
them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full
wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not
return.
85:2 You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins.
Selah
3 You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.
10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each
other.
86:5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call
to you.
13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths
of the grave.
15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger,
abounding in love and faithfulness.
89:2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you
established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and
faithfulness go before you.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will
never fail.
99:8 O LORD our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving
God, though you punished their misdeeds.
100:5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness
continues through all generations.
103:3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in
love.
9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our
iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love
for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our
transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion
on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD'S love is with those who
fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--
106:1 Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love
endures forever.
108:4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness
reaches to the skies.
111:4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and
compassionate.
116:5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
117:2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD
endures forever. Praise the LORD.
119:64 The earth is filled with your love, O LORD; teach me your decrees.
156 Your compassion is great, O LORD; preserve my life according to your
laws.
130:3 If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.
7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
135:14 For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his
servants.
138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name
for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
145:8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in
love.
9 The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
146:7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free,
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed
down, the LORD loves the righteous.
PRO 16:6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear
of the LORD a man avoids evil.
28:13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and
renounces them finds mercy.
ISA 1:5 Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion?
Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins
are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as
crimson, they shall be like wool.
6:7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your
lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
12:1 In that day you will say: "I will praise you, O LORD. Although you
were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
17:6 Yet some gleanings will remain, as when an olive tree is beaten,
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches, four or five on the
fruitful boughs," declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
54:9 "To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of
Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry
with you, never to rebuke you again.
55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him
turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he
will freely pardon.
8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the LORD.
9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
57:11 "Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me,
and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not
because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?
15 For this is what the high and lofty One says--he who lives forever,
whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who
is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to
revive the heart of the contrite.
16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the
spirit of man would grow faint before me--the breath of man that I have
created.
18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore
comfort to him,
19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to
those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."
60:10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.
65:2 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who
walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations--
8 This is what the LORD says: "As when juice is still found in a cluster
of grapes and men say, 'Don't destroy it, there is yet some good in it,' so
will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.
JER 2:9 "Therefore I bring charges against you again," declares the LORD.
"And I will bring charges against your children's children.
3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: "'Return, faithless
Israel,' declares the LORD, 'I will frown on you no longer, for I am
merciful,' declares the LORD, 'I will not be angry forever.
22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we
will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.
4:27 This is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be ruined, though I
will not destroy it completely.
5:10 "Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them
completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the
LORD.
9:24 but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and
knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and
righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
30:11 I am with you and will save you,' declares the LORD. 'Though I
completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not
completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only with justice; I will
not let you go entirely unpunished.'
31:20 Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I
often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns
for him; I have great compassion for him," declares the LORD.
34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to
the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and
will remember their sins no more."
37 This is what the LORD says: "Only if the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all
the descendants of Israel because of all they have done," declares the
LORD.
32:18 You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the fathers'
sins into the laps of their children after them. O great and powerful God,
whose name is the LORD Almighty,
33:8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me
and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.
11 the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and
the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD,
saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love
endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were
before,' says the LORD.
36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to
inflict on them, each of them will turn from his wicked way; then I will
forgive their wickedness and their sin."
50:20 In those days, at that time," declares the LORD, "search will be
made for Israel's guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah,
but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.
51:5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the LORD
Almighty, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.
LAM 3:22 Because of the LORD'S great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
31 For men are not cast off by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his
unfailing love.
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of
men.
EZE 14:22 Yet there will be some survivors--sons and daughters who will be
brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct
and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have
brought upon Jerusalem--every disaster I have brought upon it.
16:6 "'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as
you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!"
42 Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn
away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.
63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will
remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your
humiliation, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"
18:23 Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the
Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and
live?
31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new
heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, O house of Israel?
32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign
LORD. Repent and live!
20:17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an
end to them in the desert.
42 Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land
of Israel, the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your fathers.
33:11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I
take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from
their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O
house of Israel?'
36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will
cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
DAN 4:22 you, O king, are that tree! You have become great and strong;
your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion
extends to distant parts of the earth.
23 "You, O king, saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and
saying, 'Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with
iron and bronze, in the grass of the field, while its roots remain in the
ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live like the
wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.'
24 "This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree the Most
High has issued against my lord the king:
25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild
animals; you will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of
heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the
Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he
wishes.
26 The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that
your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven
rules.
27 Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins
by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed.
It may be that then your prosperity will continue."
9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and
awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey
his commands,
9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled
against him;
HOS 2:14 "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the
desert and speak tenderly to her.
23 I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one
I called 'Not my loved one.' I will say to those called 'Not my people,'
'You are my people'; and they will say, 'You are my God.'"
11:8 "How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How
can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is
changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I turn and devastate
Ephraim. For I am God, and not man--the Holy One among you. I will not come
in wrath.
14:4 "I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has
turned away from them.
JOE 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your
God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in
love, and he relents from sending calamity.
AMO 7:3 So the LORD relented. "This will not happen," the LORD said.
JON 4:2 He prayed to the LORD, "O LORD, is this not what I said when I was
still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that
you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in
love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
10 But the LORD said, "You have been concerned about this vine, though you
did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.
11 But Nineveh has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who
cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well.
Should I not be concerned about that great city?"
MIC 7:18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the
transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry
forever but delight to show mercy.
19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
NAH 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not
leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and
clouds are the dust of his feet.
ZEP 2:7 It will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they
will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of
Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their
fortunes.
ZEC 1:16 "Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I will return to
Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring
line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty.
3:9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on
that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD
Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.
10:6 "I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I
will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though
I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer
them.
MAL 3:6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not
destroyed.
MAT 6:14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you.
18:11
12 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them
wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look
for the one that wandered off?
13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one
sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.
14 In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these
little ones should be lost.
23 "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle
accounts with his servants.
24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was
brought to him.
25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife
and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26 "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he
begged, 'and I will pay back everything.'
27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him
go.
LUK 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to
generation.
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness
of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will
come to us from heaven
6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
ACT 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped
out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all
people everywhere to repent.
26:18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and
a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
ROM 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same
Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,
11:32 For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have
mercy on them all.
15:9 so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written:
"Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your
name."
1CO 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was
not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but
the grace of God that was with me.
2CO 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
4:15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more
and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about
my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
EPH 1:6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us
in the One he loves.
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God's grace
8 that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
2:4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it
is by grace you have been saved.
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly
realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches
of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
1TI 1:13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a
violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.
TIT 3:5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but
because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and
renewal by the Holy Spirit,
HEB 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that
we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
8:12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no
more."
JAM 2:13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has
not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you
sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
5:11 As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have
heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought
about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
1PE 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his
great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in
Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you
and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
2PE 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but
everyone to come to repentance.
15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear
brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
1JO 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive
us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
REV 2:21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is
unwilling.
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