Romans 2:4
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4 Or do you despise (A)the riches of His goodness, (B)forbearance, and (C)longsuffering, (D)not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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2 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but (B)is longsuffering toward [a]us, (C)not willing that any should perish but (D)that all should come to repentance.
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Isaiah 30:18
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God Will Be Gracious
18 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be (A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(B)Blessed are all those who (C)wait for Him.
Romans 9:22-23
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22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering (A)the vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known (C)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (D)prepared beforehand for glory,
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Exodus 34:6
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6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (B)goodness and (C)truth,
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Titus 3:4-6
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4 But when (A)the kindness and the love of (B)God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 (C)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (D)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 (E)whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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Ephesians 2:7
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7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in (A)His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians 1:18
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18 (A)the eyes of your [a]understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is (B)the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
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Ephesians 1:7
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7 (A)In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to (B)the riches of His grace
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Romans 3:25
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25 whom God set forth (A)as a [a]propitiation (B)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over (C)the sins that were previously committed,
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- Romans 3:25 mercy seat
Psalm 86:15
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15 But (A)You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
1 Peter 3:20
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20 who formerly were disobedient, [a]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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- 1 Peter 3:20 NU, M when the longsuffering of God waited patiently
Romans 11:22
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22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [a]goodness, (A)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise (B)you also will be cut off.
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Psalm 86:5
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5 For (A)You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
2 Peter 3:15
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15 and consider that (A)the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
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Colossians 1:27
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27 (A)To them God willed to make known what are (B)the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: [a]which is (C)Christ in you, (D)the hope of glory.
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Romans 11:33
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33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
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Romans 6:15
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From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God
15 What then? Shall we sin (A)because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 (A)Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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Psalm 130:3-4
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3 (A)If You, Lord, should [a]mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (B)stand?
4 But there is (C)forgiveness with You,
That (D)You may be feared.
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Psalm 104:24
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24 (A)O Lord, how manifold are Your works!
In wisdom You have made them all.
The earth is full of Your (B)possessions—
Psalm 78:38
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38 (A)But He, being full of (B)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (C)He turned His anger away,
And (D)did not stir up all His wrath;
Revelation 3:20
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20 Behold, (A)I stand at the door and knock. (B)If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, (C)I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
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2 Peter 3:3
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3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, (A)walking according to their own lusts,
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1 Timothy 6:17
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Instructions to the Rich
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain (A)riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things (B)to enjoy.
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