Psalm 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Cross-reference
Psalm 38:4 uses the same image of iniquities as a heavy burden overwhelming the psalmist, echoing the 'prevail' language.
Psalm 40:12 describes iniquities overtaking and surrounding the psalmist, reinforcing the sense of being overwhelmed by sin.
Psalm 51:2 pleads for washing and cleansing from iniquity, directly matching the atonement theme of Psalm 65:3.
Psalm 51:3 confesses that sin is ever before the psalmist, acknowledging the iniquities that prevail—a parallel confession.
Psalm 51:7 asks for purging with hyssop to be clean, a vivid image of the atonement God provides.
Psalm 79:9 echoes the same plea for atonement, linking God's forgiveness to His name's glory.
Psalm 19:12 acknowledges hidden faults and asks for innocence, complementing the plea for atonement in Psalm 65:3.
Psalm 39:8 similarly pleads for deliverance from transgressions, echoing the need for atonement in Psalm 65:3.
Revelation 1:5 declares Christ freed us from sins by His blood, the New Testament fulfillment of atonement.
In 2 Samuel 12:7-13, Nathan confronts David, who confesses his sin, and God puts away his sin—a concrete example of atonement.
1 John 1:7-9 promises cleansing from sin through Jesus' blood and confession, echoing the atonement theme.
Hebrews 9:14 explains Christ's blood purifies our conscience, the ultimate atonement foreshadowed in Psalm 65:3.
Romans 7:23-25 depicts the struggle with indwelling sin and cries for deliverance, answered by God through Christ—a NT echo of atonement.
John 1:29 identifies Jesus as the Lamb who takes away sin, fulfilling the atonement pictured in Psalm 65:3.
Zechariah 13:1 prophesies a fountain for cleansing sin, a future fulfillment of the atonement theme.
Micah 7:9 explicitly mentions bearing indignation for sin and God bringing vindication, directly paralleling God's atoning work.
Isaiah 6:7 describes a seraph atoning for Isaiah's sin by touching his lips, directly echoing the atonement theme.
Micah 7:18 celebrates God's pardon and passing over transgression, matching the atonement theme in Psalm 65:3.
Hebrews 8:12 promises mercy and forgetting sins, echoing the divine atonement for transgressions in Psalm 65:3.
Jeremiah 33:8 promises God will cleanse and forgive all guilt, directly paralleling the atonement for transgressions in Psalm 65:3.
Romans 7:15 describes the inner struggle with sin, reflecting the same human inability that Psalm 65:3 acknowledges.
Romans 7:21 continues the struggle theme, showing evil near when wanting good, parallel to the prevailing iniquities in Psalm 65:3.
Isaiah 1:18 promises cleansing from sin through God's reasoning, complementing the atonement theme with a vivid image of forgiveness.