2 Samuel 24:16
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16 (A)And when the [a]angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, (B)the Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of [b]Araunah the Jebusite.
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- 2 Samuel 24:16 Or Angel
- 2 Samuel 24:16 Ornan, 1 Chr. 21:15
Joel 2:13-14
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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (D)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (E)a blessing behind Him—
(F)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
Acts 12:23
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23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (A)struck him, because (B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [a]died.
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- Acts 12:23 breathed his last
1 Samuel 15:11
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11 (A)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (B)turned back from following Me, (C)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (D)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.
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Exodus 12:23
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23 (A)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the (B)blood on the [a]lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (C)not allow (D)the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
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- Exodus 12:23 Crosspiece at top of door
Genesis 6:6
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6 And (A)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and (B)He was grieved in His (C)heart.
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2 Kings 19:35
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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(A)
35 And (B)it came to pass on a certain night that the [a]angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
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- 2 Kings 19:35 Or Angel
2 Chronicles 32:21
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21 (A)Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned (B)shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
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2 Chronicles 3:1
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Solomon Builds the Temple(A)
3 Now (B)Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at (C)Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where [a]the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of (D)Ornan[b] the Jebusite.
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- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Lit. He, following MT, Vg.; LXX the Lord; Tg. the Angel of the Lord
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16ff
2 Corinthians 2:6
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6 This punishment which was inflicted (A)by the majority is sufficient for such a man,
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Mark 14:41
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41 Then He came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! (A)The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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Zechariah 9:7
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7 I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
Habakkuk 3:2
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2 O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.
Amos 7:6
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6 So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
Amos 7:3
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3 So (A)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
Jeremiah 18:7-10
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7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to (A)pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 (B)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, (C)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
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Isaiah 57:16
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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.
Isaiah 40:1-2
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God’s People Are Comforted(A)
40 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!”
Says your God.
2 “Speak [a]comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
(B)For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.”
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- Isaiah 40:2 Lit. to the heart of
Isaiah 27:8
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8 (A)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(B)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
Psalm 135:14
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14 (A)For the Lord will judge His people,
And He will have compassion on His servants.
Psalm 90:13
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13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (A)have compassion on Your servants.
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;
Psalm 35:6
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6 Let their way be (A)dark and slippery,
And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
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15 And God sent [a]an (A)angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As [b]he was destroying, the Lord looked and (B)relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain [c]your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the (C)threshing floor of [d]Ornan the Jebusite.
16 Then David lifted his eyes and (D)saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or the Angel
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or He
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Or Your
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Araunah, 2 Sam. 24:16, 18–24
1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [a]broom tree. And he (A)prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
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- 1 Kings 19:4 juniper
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