Psalms 116:5

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Psalms 116:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

5 The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

6 The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.

7 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

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Psalms 86:5

For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

Psalms 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

Psalms 103:8

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

Psalms 112:4

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

Psalms 115:1

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.

Psalms 145:8

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

Exodus 34:6

Then 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,

Exodus 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Nehemiah 9:17

They 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.

Nehemiah 9:31

But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Romans 5:20

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 5:21

so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:7

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:8

that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Ephesians 2:4

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

1 Timothy 1:14

And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

Titus 3:5

He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Titus 3:6

This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Psalms 119:137

Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.

Psalms 145:4

One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

Psalms 145:5

the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

Psalms 145:6

They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

Psalms 145:7

They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

Psalms 145:17

The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

Ezra 9:15

O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”

Nehemiah 9:8

You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

Nehemiah 9:33

You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

Isaiah 45:21

Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.

Daniel 9:7

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

Romans 3:25

God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Romans 3:26

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.