Psalm 103:3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Cross-reference
Psalm 130:8 promises that God will redeem Israel from all iniquities — reinforcing the comprehensive forgiveness of 'all your iniquity' here.
Psalm 30:2 testifies to God healing in response to a cry, paralleling the healing aspect of the psalm.
Psalm 32:1-5 expands on forgiveness: it describes the blessedness of having sins covered and the process of confession that leads to the forgiveness declared here.
Psalm 41:3 promises restoration from illness, directly paralleling the healing promise in the psalm.
Psalm 41:4 explicitly links sin and healing, asking for both, mirroring the psalm's dual focus.
Psalm 51:1-3 is David's personal plea for forgiveness after his sin — a specific example of seeking the forgiveness that Psalm 103:3 promises.
Psalm 107:17-22 recounts sinners healed after crying out, directly illustrating the psalm's pattern of forgiveness and healing.
Psalm 32:5 describes confession leading to forgiveness — the very process behind the forgiveness promised here.
Psalm 107:20 shows God healing through His word — a specific mechanism for the healing promised here.
Psalm 130:4 affirms that forgiveness is with God, leading to reverence — echoing the forgiveness aspect here.
Psalm 38:1-7 describes sin leading to physical affliction, illustrating why both forgiveness and healing are needed.
Psalm 147:3 expands healing to the brokenhearted, showing God's care for emotional wounds as well as physical.
Matthew 9:2-6 shows Jesus both forgiving sins and healing a paralytic — combining the two actions (forgiveness and healing) that Psalm 103:3 pairs.
Isaiah 33:24 explicitly links forgiveness and healing together, mirroring the same dual promise in Psalm 103:3.
Mark 2:5 records Jesus telling a paralytic his sins are forgiven — a direct NT demonstration of the divine forgiveness promised in this psalm.
Mark 2:10 declares the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins — showing that the forgiveness attributed to God in Psalm 103:3 is exercised by Jesus.
Luke 7:48 records Jesus directly declaring forgiveness of sins, a concrete instance of the psalm's forgiveness promise.
Ephesians 1:7 explains that forgiveness comes through Christ's redemptive blood, grounding the psalm's promise in the gospel.
James 5:15 ties healing and forgiveness together in the context of prayer, directly echoing Psalm 103:3's dual promise.
Isaiah 53:5 connects healing to the Messiah's atoning suffering, revealing the deeper spiritual healing behind physical healing.
Isaiah 43:25 has God saying He blots out transgressions — a direct parallel to the forgiveness of iniquity here, emphasizing divine initiative.
Exodus 15:26 is the foundational covenant promise where God declares Himself 'your healer,' grounding the healing theme.
2 Samuel 12:13 records Nathan telling David his sin is put away — a historical instance of God forgiving iniquity as declared in this verse.
Jeremiah 30:17 promises restoration of health and healing — a prophetic parallel to the healing here.
Micah 7:18 celebrates God's pardon of iniquity — a direct parallel to the forgiveness of sins here.
Matthew 4:23 shows Jesus healing every disease, directly fulfilling the psalm's declaration that God heals all diseases.
Matthew 15:30 depicts Jesus healing many with various ailments, paralleling the psalm's 'heals all your diseases' in action.
In 2 Chronicles 30:20, God heals the people after Hezekiah's intercession — a concrete example of the divine healing promised here.
Luke 5:21 records the Pharisees' reaction to Jesus forgiving sins, echoing the psalm's 'who forgives all your sins' as a divine act.
Exodus 34:7 describes God's forgiveness of sin, providing the theological basis for the forgiveness mentioned in Psalm 103:3.
Malachi 4:2 promises healing from the 'sun of righteousness,' echoing the divine healing of all diseases in Psalm 103:3 as a future hope.
Exodus 23:25 promises removal of sickness as a covenant blessing, reinforcing God's role as healer.
Jeremiah 17:14 is a personal plea for healing and salvation, echoing the same trust in God as healer.
Luke 7:47 highlights forgiveness of many sins, echoing the forgiveness half of the psalm, though healing is absent.