Micah 7:18

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“Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?”

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“Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Who <FI>is<Fi> a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He--He delighteth <FI>in<Fi> kindness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Micah 7:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  2. Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
  3. Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  4. Exodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  5. Numbers 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  6. Numbers 23:21He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
  7. Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
  8. Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  9. 1 Kings 8:23and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  10. Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  11. Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
  12. Psalms 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
  13. Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
  14. Psalms 71:19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
  15. Psalms 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  16. Psalms 85:4Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
  17. Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  18. Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  19. Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
  20. Psalms 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
  21. Psalms 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
  22. Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
  23. Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
  24. Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

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