Psalms 103:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
'As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us' is one of Scripture's strongest promises of forgiveness — God puts our sins not just out of sight, but out of reach.
Read the full meaning“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
King James Version · Public Domain“As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 103:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- Psalms 113:3From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
- Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Isaiah 45:6so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or 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 iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Jeremiah 50:20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
- Ezekiel 18:22None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
- Micah 7:18Who 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?
- Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Hebrews 10:2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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