Romans 4:7

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““Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.”

What this verse means

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BSBPD

““Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 4:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  2. Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
  3. Psalms 85:2You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah
  4. Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  5. Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
  6. Jeremiah 33:8And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
  7. 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?
  8. Matthew 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
  9. Luke 7:47Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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