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Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love… Psalm 25:6-7

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Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for your goodness' sake, O Lord!
Psalm 25:6-7 mercy goodness
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:14 grace forgiveness mercy

Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.”
John 8:34 addiction slavery
And those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:8 dependence desires
If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Galatians 6:8 eternal life Spirit harvest
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Psalm 32:1 forgiveness blessing
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 eternal life reward judgment
The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Proverbs 10:7 righteousness blessing
Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.
Acts 3:19 conversion forgiveness repentance
Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil.
Ephesians 4:26-27 anger evil devil
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians 15:56 law idols
When you realize your guilt in any of these, you shall confess the sin that you have committed.
Leviticus 5:5 confession
Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.
Ezekiel 18:30b conversion punishment
What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?
Romans 6:1-2 grace life
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
and I will remember their sins no more.
Hebrews 8:12 forgiveness grace
There is a way that seems right to a person,
but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 14:12 righteousness life thoughts
Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8 devil
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 Spirit desires
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 righteousness mediator
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 law righteousness
We have sinned and done wrong, acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and ordinances.
Daniel 9:5 confession law
But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Galatians 3:22 trust faith promises
If any of you sin without knowing it, doing any of the things that by the Lord's commandments ought not to be done, you have incurred guilt, and are subject to punishment.
Leviticus 5:17 law punishment
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:34 righteousness conversion understanding
Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be like snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Isaiah 1:18 forgiveness purification blood