Lexicon :: Strong's H6588 - pešaʿ

Then Jacob became incensed and brought charges against Laban. “What is my crime? ” he said to Laban. “What is my sin, that you have pursued me?

“‘Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin ​— ​the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when their message came to him.

“In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’[fn] the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.[fn] The one the judges condemn[fn] must repay double to his neighbor.

“Be attentive to him and listen to him. Do not defy him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for my name is in him.

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

“He will make atonement for the most holy place in this way for all their sins because of the Israelites’ impurities and rebellious acts. He will do the same for the tent of meeting that remains among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.

“Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ iniquities and rebellious acts ​— ​all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.[fn]

“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.

But Joshua told the people, “You will not be able to worship the LORD, because he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions and sins.

“Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognize[fn] that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

“Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the LORD’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil[fn] not be found in you.

May you forgive your people

who sinned against you

and all their rebellions[fn] against you,

and may you grant them compassion

before their captors,

so that they may treat them compassionately.

Why not forgive my sin

and pardon my iniquity?

For soon I will lie down in the grave.

You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Since your children sinned against him,

he gave them over to their rebellion.

How many iniquities and sins have I committed?[fn]

Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,

and you would cover over my iniquity.

Have I covered my transgressions as others do[fn]

by hiding my iniquity in my heart

“I am pure, without transgression;

I am clean and have no iniquity.

“Would I lie about my case?

My wound[fn] is incurable,

though I am without transgression.”

For he adds rebellion to his sin;

he scornfully claps in our presence,

while multiplying his words against God.

If you sin, how does it affect God?

If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?

God tells them what they have done

and how arrogantly they have transgressed.

Punish them, God;

let them fall by their own schemes.

Drive them out because of their many crimes,

for they rebel against you.

Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins;

do not let them rule me.

Then I will be blameless

and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, LORD.

How joyful is the one

whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered!

Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not conceal my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”

and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah

An oracle within my heart

concerning the transgression of the wicked person:

Dread of God has no effect on him.[fn]

“Rescue me from all my transgressions;

do not make me the taunt of fools.

Be gracious to me, God,

according to your faithful love;

according to your abundant compassion,

blot out my rebellion.

For I am conscious of my rebellion,

and my sin is always before me.

Because look, LORD, they set an ambush for me.

Powerful men attack me,

but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Iniquities overwhelm me;

only you can atone for our rebellions.

“then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.

As far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed

our transgressions from us.

Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.

Hatred stirs up conflicts,

but love covers all offenses.

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,

but the one who controls his lips is prudent.

By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped,

but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,

but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

One who loves to offend loves strife;

one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

A person’s insight gives him patience,

and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,

but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

The one who conceals his sins

will not prosper,

but whoever confesses and renounces them

will find mercy.

The one who robs his father or mother

and says, “That’s no sin,”

is a companion to a person who destroys.

An evil person is caught by sin,

but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,

but the righteous will see their downfall.

An angry person stirs up conflict,

and a hot-tempered one[fn] increases rebellion.

The earth staggers like a drunkard

and sways like a hut.

Earth’s rebellion weighs it down,

and it falls, never to rise again.

“I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions

for my own sake

and remember your sins no more.