Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

Cross-reference

Daniel 9:7 Contrast

Daniel 9:7 declares God's righteousness and our shame — setting up the contrast with God's mercy in verse 9.

Daniel 9:5 Parallel

Daniel 9:5 is the immediate confession of rebellion that makes v9's mercy necessary, showing the sin acknowledged.

Lamentations 3:23 Related theme

Lamentations 3:23 says mercies are new every morning, reinforcing the constant renewal of forgiveness that Daniel invokes.

Psalm 130:4 Parallel

Psalm 130:4 affirms that with God is forgiveness, reinforcing the central claim of Daniel's prayer that God grants pardon.

Psalm 130:7 Parallel

Psalm 130:7 points to God's steadfast love and redemption, the source of the mercy Daniel seeks for his people.

Psalm 145:8 Parallel

Psalm 145:8 repeats the classic divine attribute formula—gracious, merciful, slow to anger—exactly the basis for forgiveness in Daniel.

Psalm 145:9 Related theme

Psalm 145:9 extends God's mercy to all creation, showing that the forgiveness Daniel appeals to is part of God's universal goodness.

Isaiah 55:7 Parallel

Isaiah 55:7 promises abundant pardon to those who return to God, directly echoing the forgiveness Daniel pleads for.

Isaiah 63:7 Related theme

Isaiah 63:7 celebrates God's steadfast love and compassion toward Israel, the same covenantal mercy Daniel relies on.

Jeremiah 14:7 is a similar prayer confessing many sins and appealing to God's name for mercy.

Lamentations 3:22 declares God's mercies never cease, undergirding Daniel's confidence that forgiveness is still available.

Exodus 34:6 Allusion

Exodus 34:6 is the foundational revelation of God's mercy and grace — the source Daniel echoes when ascribing mercy to God.

Ezekiel 20:9 shows God sparing rebels for His name's sake — directly echoing the mercy theme in Daniel's confession.

Jonah 4:2 Allusion

Jonah 4:2 quotes the same divine attribute list—gracious, merciful, slow to anger—that Daniel uses to ground his plea for forgiveness.

Micah 7:18 Parallel

Micah 7:18 echoes God's pardon and delight in mercy, reinforcing that forgiveness is central to His character.

Micah 7:19 Related theme

Micah 7:19 continues the promise of compassion and casting sins into the sea, showing the extent of God's forgiveness.

Ephesians 1:6-8 connects God's mercy to redemption through Christ's blood, fulfilling the OT pattern of forgiveness.

Ephesians 2:4-7 highlights God's rich mercy and grace when we were dead in sins, paralleling Daniel's confession.

Psalm 106:43-45 describes God's many deliverances despite provocation, His mercy remembered.

Numbers 14:18 repeats the same divine attribute formula — forgiving iniquity but not clearing the guilty — echoed in Daniel's confession.

Numbers 14:19 is Moses' intercession for pardon based on God's steadfast love — a direct parallel to Daniel's plea for mercy.

Nehemiah 9:17 recounts God's readiness to forgive, citing the same mercy formula — Daniel's confession stands in that tradition.

Nehemiah 9:18 recounts the golden calf rebellion, an example of the great provocations God forgives.

Nehemiah 9:19 directly states God's manifold mercies despite the rebellion, mirroring Daniel's plea.

Nehemiah 9:26-28 shows the repeated cycle of rebellion and mercy, illustrating God's faithfulness.

Nehemiah 9:31 affirms God's great mercies despite Israel's sin — the very basis for Daniel's plea for mercy and forgiveness.

Exodus 34:7 Parallel

Exodus 34:7 adds that God will not clear the guilty — balancing mercy with justice, which Daniel's plea for mercy implicitly acknowledges.

Psalm 86:15 Parallel

Psalm 86:15 lists God's mercy, grace, and steadfast love—the same divine character that assures forgiveness despite rebellion.

Psalm 5:10 Contrast

Psalm 5:10 prays for destruction of rebels — contrasting with Daniel's prayer for mercy on those who rebelled.

Psalm 31:16 Parallel

Psalm 31:16 pleads for salvation based on God's mercies — directly parallel to Daniel's appeal to mercies.

Psalm 51:1 Parallel

Psalm 51:1 is a classic plea for mercy and forgiveness — parallel to Daniel's confession of mercies and forgiveness.

Psalm 116:5 Parallel

Psalm 116:5 declares that God is gracious and merciful — directly affirming the attribute Daniel confesses.

Genesis 32:10 has Jacob confessing unworthiness of God's mercies — parallel to Daniel's recognition of mercy despite rebellion.

Psalm 79:9 Parallel

Psalm 79:9 asks for deliverance and purging of sins for God's name — parallel to Daniel's appeal for mercy despite rebellion.

Mark 2:7 Parallel

Mark 2:7 asserts only God can forgive sins — directly supported by Daniel 9:9's claim that forgiveness belongs to God alone.

Luke 5:21 Parallel

Luke 5:21 repeats the same scribal objection as Mark 2:7, reinforcing that forgiveness is God's exclusive prerogative as stated in Daniel 9:9.

Luke 18:13 Parallel

Luke 18:13's tax collector appeals to God's mercy for forgiveness, embodying the very mercies Daniel 9:9 declares belong to God.

2 Corinthians 1:3 calls God the 'Father of mercies', parallel to Daniel 9:9's attribution of mercies to God.

Ezekiel 20:13 recounts rebellion and God's wrath in the wilderness — contrasting with Daniel's acknowledgment of mercy.

Numbers 14:9 warns against rebelling — a call to avoid the very sin Daniel confesses, contrasting exhortation with confession.

Ezekiel 20:8 describes Israel's rebellion and God's intent to pour out fury — contrasting with Daniel's appeal to mercy despite rebellion.

Lamentations 1:18 also confesses rebellion against God's righteousness, echoing Daniel's acknowledgment of sin and divine mercy.

Psalm 62:12 Parallel

Psalm 62:12 declares that steadfast love belongs to the Lord — directly matching Daniel's 'mercy and forgiveness belong to God', though it also mentions judgment.

James 5:11 Parallel

James 5:11 describes the Lord as 'pitiful and of tender mercy', echoing Daniel 9:9's declaration of God's mercies.