Quotes About Grace

For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ëLive!í There I said to you, ëLive!í

Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.

So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.

But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.

And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldnít I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

For I take no pleasure in anyoneís death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.

Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ëThe righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.í

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.