Exodus 32:14
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14 So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.
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Psalm 106:45
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45 He remembered his covenant with them
and relented because of his unfailing love.
Jonah 3:10
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10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
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2 Samuel 24:16
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16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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Jonah 4:2
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2 So he complained to the Lord about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, Lord? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
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Jeremiah 26:19
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19 But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the Lord. They begged him for mercy. Then the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”
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Jeremiah 26:13
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13 But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the Lord your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.
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Jeremiah 18:8
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8 but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.
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1 Chronicles 21:15
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15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.
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- 21:15 As in parallel text at 2 Sam 24:16; Hebrew reads Ornan, another name for Araunah; also in 21:18-28.
Joel 2:13
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13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.
Deuteronomy 32:26
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26 I would have annihilated them,
wiping out even the memory of them.
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