Zechariah 3:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joshua, I have placed in front of you a stone with seven sides. I will engrave something on that stone, and in a single day I will forgive this guilty country.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:20

Your Majesty, everyone in Israel is waiting for you to announce who will be the next king.

2 Chronicles 16:9

The LORD is constantly watching everyone, and he gives strength to those who faithfully obey him. But you have done a foolish thing, and your kingdom will never be at peace again.

Psalm 103:12

How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? Further than the distance from east to west!

Psalm 118:22

The stone that the builders tossed aside has now become the most important stone.

Exodus 28:21

and engrave on each of them the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 28:36

On a narrow strip of pure gold engrave the words: “Dedicated to the LORD”.

Isaiah 28:16

And so the LORD says, “I'm laying a firm foundation for the city of Zion. It's a valuable cornerstone proved to be trustworthy; no one who trusts it will ever be disappointed.

Jeremiah 31:34

“No longer will they have to teach one another to obey me. I, the LORD, promise that all of them will obey me, ordinary people and rulers alike. I will forgive their sins and forget the evil things they have done.”

Jeremiah 50:20

I will rescue a few people from Israel and Judah. I will forgive them so completely that their sin and guilt will disappear, never to be found.

Zechariah 13:1

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Zechariah 3:4

So the angel told some of the people to remove Joshua's filthy clothes. Then he said to Joshua, “This means you are forgiven. Now I will dress you in priestly clothes.”

Zechariah 4:10

Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone. Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the LORD—and they see everything on this earth.

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

Acts 4:11

He is the stone that you builders thought was worthless, and now he is the most important stone of all.

Romans 9:33

just as God says in the Scriptures, “Look! I am placing in Zion a stone to make people stumble and fall. But those who have faith in that one will never be disappointed.”

2 Corinthians 1:22

and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him.

2 Corinthians 3:3

You are like a letter written by Christ and delivered by us. But you are not written with pen and ink or on tablets made of stone. You are written in our hearts by the Spirit of the living God.

2 Timothy 2:19

But the foundation that God has laid is solid. On it is written, “The Lord knows who his people are. So everyone who worships the Lord must turn away from evil.”

Hebrews 7:27

and he is better than any other high priest. Jesus doesn't need to offer sacrifices each day for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. He offered a sacrifice once for all, when he gave himself.

1 John 2:2

Christ is the sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of all the world's people.

Revelation 5:6

Then I looked and saw a Lamb standing in the centre of the throne that was surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb looked as if it had once been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent out to all the earth.