Mic 7:18-19, Luk 6:35-36, 18:13, Rom 9:15-16, 18, 2Cor 1:3, Eph 2:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance ? He does not retain his anger forever , because he delights in steadfast love .

o[See ver. 11 above]

p Ezra 9:6

q ch. 23:48

r Ps. 79:9; Ezek. 16:63; Dan. 9:19

sCited from Ex. 33:19

u Eph. 1:3; 1 Pet. 1:3

vSee Rom. 15:6

w Rom. 15:5

y ver. 7; Titus 3:5; See Rom. 2:4

zSee John 3:16

aa ver. 1; [Rom. 5:6, 8, 10]

ab Col. 2:12, 13; [John 14:19; Rev. 20:4]

ac ver. 8; See Acts 15:11

Micah 7:18-19

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ^aWho is a God like you, ^bpardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
^cfor the remnant of his inheritance?
^dHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will ^eagain have compassion on us;
^fhe will tread our iniquities underfoot.
^gYou will cast all our ^{▼▼Hebrew their} sins
into the depths of the sea.

Luke 6:35-36

35 But ⁱlove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^jyou will be sons of ^kthe Most High, for ^lhe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 36 ^mBe merciful, even as ⁿyour Father is merciful.

Luke 18:13

13 But the tax collector, ^ostanding far off, ^pwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^qbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^rbe merciful to me, a sinner!’

Romans 9:15-16

15 For he says to Moses, ^s“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, ^{▼▼Greek not of him who wills or runs} but on God, who has mercy.

Romans 9:18

18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

2 Corinthians 1:3

God of All Comfort

3 ^uBlessed be the ^vGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^wGod of all comfort,

Ephesians 2:4-5

4 But ^{▼▼Or And} God, being ^yrich in mercy, ^zbecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even ^aawhen we were dead in our trespasses, ^abmade us alive together with Christ— ^acby grace you have been saved—