Micah 7:18

Who 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?

Note Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
KJV · King James Version
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
WEB · World English Bible
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
ASV · American Standard Version

Topics Forgiveness

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

a God
Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 33:26; 1 Kings 8:23; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 71:19; Psalm 89:6, 8; Psalm 113:5, 6; Isaiah 40:18, 25; Isaiah 46:8, 9
that
Exodus 33:18, 19; Exodus 34:6, 7; Numbers 14:18, 19; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 65:3; Psalm 86:5, 15; Psalm 103:2, 3; Psalm 130:4, 7, 8; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 38:8; Jeremiah 50:20; Daniel 9:9; Jonah 4:2; Luke 24:47; Acts 13:38, 39
passeth
Numbers 23:21; Amos 7:8; Amos 8:2
the remnant
Micah 7:14; Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:3, 7, 8; Joel 2:32; Romans 11:4; Hebrews 8:9–12
he retaineth
Psalm 77:6–10; Psalm 85:4, 5; Psalm 103:9; Isaiah 57:10, 16; Jeremiah 3:5, 12; Lamentations 3:31, 32
he delighteth
Isaiah 62:5; Isaiah 65:19; Jeremiah 32:41; Ezekiel 33:11; Zephaniah 3:17; Luke 15:5–7, 9, 10, 23, 24, 32; Ephesians 2:4, 5; James 2:13