Deuteronomy 4:31
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31 Because the Lord your God is a merciful God, he will neither abandon you nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:8
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8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”(A)
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Psalm 116:5
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5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
our God is merciful.(A)
Jonah 4:2
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2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.(A)
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Nehemiah 9:31
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31 Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
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Leviticus 26:42
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42 then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; I will remember also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.(A)
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Exodus 34:6-7
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6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,
“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(A)
7 keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(B)
Footnotes
- 34.7 Or for thousands
2 Chronicles 30:9
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9 For as you return to the Lord, your kindred and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:6
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6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”(A)
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Luke 1:72
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72 Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors
and has remembered his holy covenant,(A)
Jeremiah 14:21
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21 Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
do not dishonor your glorious throne;
remember and do not break your covenant with us.(A)
Psalm 145:8-9
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8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.(A)
9 The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made.(B)
Psalm 111:9
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9 He sent redemption to his people;
he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name.(A)
Psalm 111:5
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5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he is ever mindful of his covenant.(A)
Leviticus 26:45
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45 but I will remember in their favor the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.”(A)
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Nehemiah 1:5
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5 I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,(A)
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Psalm 105:8
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8 He is mindful of his covenant forever,
of the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
Psalm 86:15
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15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 86:5
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)
1 Chronicles 28:20
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20 David said further to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and act. Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.(A)
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Joshua 1:5
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5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.(A)
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Numbers 14:18
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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger
and abounding in steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and transgression,
but by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
to the third and the fourth generation.’(A)
Micah 7:18
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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love
18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)
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