Quotes About Grace

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

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

So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

“Say of your brothers, ëMy people,í and of your sisters, ëMy loved one.í

Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ëmy Husband,í and no longer call Me ëmy Master.í

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ëNo Compassion.í I will say to those called ëNot My People,í ëYou are My people,í and they will say, ëYou are my God.í”

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!