Hebrews 8:12

I will be merciful when they do wrong, and I will forget about their sins.”

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In The King James Version

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

In Context

11No one will need to teach their neighbor, and no one will need to teach anyone in their family, telling them, ‘You ought to know the Lord.’ For everyone will know me, from the smallest to the greatest.

13By saying, “A new agreed relationship,” he makes the first agreement out-of-date. The one that's old and worn out has almost disappeared.

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Cross References

Psalms 65:3Even though we're drowning in our sins and our disobedience, you forgive us.

Isaiah 44:22I have wiped away your acts of rebellion as if they were like a cloud, your sins as if they were like the mist. Come back to me, for I have set you free.”

Jeremiah 50:20This will be when the guilt and the sins of Israel and Judah will be looked for, but none will be found, because I will forgive those people who remain that I'm looking after, declares the Lord.

Acts 13:38My brothers, I want you to understand that we're telling you that through this man sins are forgiven.

Ephesians 1:7Through him we gain salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins as a result of his priceless grace

Hebrews 10:16“This is the agreement that I will make with them later on, says the Lord. I will put my laws inside them, and I will write them in their minds.” Then he adds,

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:7-13

The Old and New Covenant. ( a. d. 62.) 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their… Read the whole commentary →

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