22All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
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He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. …
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-29)We have here another rule of judgment which God will go by in dealing with us, by which is further demonstrated the equity of his government. The former showed that God will reward or punish according to the change made in the family or succession, for the better or for the worse; here he shows that he will reward or punish according to the change made in the person himself, whether for the better…
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