Micah 7:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger for ever because he delights in faithful love.

Cross References

Isaiah 43:25

‘I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.

Isaiah 44:22

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and at that time – this is the  Lord’s declaration – one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive  those I leave as a remnant.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say, “Return, unfaithful Israel. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will not look on you with anger, for I am unfailing in my love. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will not be angry for ever.

Exodus 15:11

Lord, who is like you among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Luke 24:47

and repentance for   forgiveness of sins   will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations,   beginning at Jerusalem.

Micah 4:7

I will make the lame into a remnant, those far removed into a strong nation. Then the Lord will reign over them  in Mount Zion from this time on and for ever.

Micah 2:12

I will indeed gather  all of you, Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the middle of its pasture. It will be noisy with people.

Ezekiel 33:11

Tell them, “As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live.  Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel? ”

1 Kings 8:23

He said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below, who keeps the gracious covenant with your servants who walk before you with all their heart.

Deuteronomy 33:26

There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in his majesty.

James 2:13

For judgement is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy.  Mercy triumphs over judgement.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is among you, a warrior  who saves. He will rejoice over you  with gladness. He will be quiet  in his love. He will delight in you with singing.’

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people  with your staff, the flock that is your possession. They live alone  in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord,  ‘Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled towards Tarshish in the first place.  I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,  slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.

Joel 2:32

Then everyone who calls on the name of the  Lord will be saved, for there will be an escape for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the Lord  promised, among the survivors the  Lord  calls.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.

Daniel 9:9

Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he bear a grudge for ever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ’ This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.

Isaiah 65:19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the  Lord, so that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.

Isaiah 1:18

‘Come, let’s settle this,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders which you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.  , But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, ‘My Lord, if I have indeed found favour with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.’

Romans 11:4

But what was God’s answer to him? I have left seven thousand for myself who have not bowed down to Baal.   ,

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” ’

Micah 5:3

Therefore, Israel will be abandoned  until the time when she who is in labour  has given birth; then the rest of the ruler’s brothers  will return to the people of Israel.

Amos 8:2

He asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’ I replied, ‘A basket of summer fruit.’  , The Lord said to me, ‘The end has come for my people Israel;  I will no longer spare them.

Amos 7:8

The Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’ I replied, ‘A plumb line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;  I will no longer spare them:

Jeremiah 31:34

No longer will one teach his neighbour or his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”  for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘For I will forgive their iniquity  and never again remember their sin.

Isaiah 57:10

You became weary on your many journeys, but you did not say, ‘It’s hopeless! ’ You found a renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

Isaiah 40:25

‘To whom will you compare me, or who is my equal? ’ asks the Holy One.

Isaiah 40:18

With whom will you compare God? What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?

Numbers 23:21

He considers no disaster for Jacob; he sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-melech went from the king’s palace and spoke to the king:

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Genesis 4:7

If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.’

2 Chronicles 6:21

Hear the petitions of your servant and your people Israel, which they pray towards this place. May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven. May you hear and forgive.

2 Chronicles 30:9

for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.  For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful;  he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.’

Isaiah 33:24

and none there will say, ‘I am ill.’ The people who dwell there will be forgiven  their iniquity.

Isaiah 64:9

Lord, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity for ever. Please look #– #all of us are your people!

Jeremiah 9:24

But the one who boasts should boast in this: that he understands and knows me   – that I am the Lord, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 31:20

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 33:8

I will purify them from all the iniquity they have committed against me,  and I will forgive all the iniquities they have committed against me, rebelling against me.

Ezekiel 18:23

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? ’  This is the declaration of the Lord God. ‘Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives?

Hosea 14:2

Take words of repentance with you and return to the  Lord. Say to him, ‘Forgive all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay you with praise  from our   lips.

Amos 1:11

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him   continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.

Judges 10:16

So they got rid of the foreign gods  among them and worshipped the Lord,  and he became weary  of Israel’s misery.

Isaiah 38:17

Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.

Ezekiel 33:16

None of the sins he committed will be held  against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.