Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
Surely is was for my benefit
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
that I suffered such anguish
Job 7:11 "Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."
Psalm 119:71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalm 119:75 I know, LORD, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction
Job 17:16 "Will it (hope) go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?
Psalm 30:3 You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.
you have put all my sins
Psalm 103:3 . . . who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, . . .
Jeremiah 31:34 "No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
behind your back
Psalm 103:12 . . . as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more."
Micah 7:19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
(parentheses are mine)
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