Hosea 11:9
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9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(A)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [a]come with terror.
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- Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city
Numbers 23:19
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19 “God(A) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (B)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Micah 7:18-20
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18 (A)Who is a God like You,
(B)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (C)the remnant of His heritage?
(D)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (E)mercy.[a]
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all [b]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 (F)You will give truth to Jacob
And [c]mercy to Abraham,
(G)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.
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- Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
- Micah 7:19 Lit. their
- Micah 7:20 Or lovingkindness
Jeremiah 30:11
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11 For I am with (A)you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
(B)Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you,
(C)Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you (D)in justice,
And will not let you go altogether unpunished.’
Isaiah 55:8-9
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8 “For(A) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For(B) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 12:6
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Malachi 3:6
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Zephaniah 3:15-17
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15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(A)The King of Israel, the Lord, (B)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.
16 In that day (C)it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, (D)let not your hands be weak.
17 The Lord your God (E)in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
(F)He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.”
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- Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear
Hosea 14:4
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4 “I will heal their (A)backsliding,
I will (B)love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
Ezekiel 37:27-28
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27 (A)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (B)their God, and they shall be My people. 28 (C)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, (D)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”
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Romans 11:28-29
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28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (A)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (B)irrevocable.
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Jeremiah 31:1-3
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The Remnant of Israel Saved
31 “At (A)the same time,” says the Lord, (B)“I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.”
2 Thus says the Lord:
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness—
Israel, when (C)I went to give him rest.”
3 The Lord has appeared [a]of old to me, saying:
“Yes, (D)I have loved you with (E)an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have (F)drawn you.
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- Jeremiah 31:3 Lit. from afar
2 Samuel 20:10
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10 But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And (A)he struck him with it (B)in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died.
Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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Exodus 32:10-14
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10 Now therefore, (A)let Me alone, that (B)My wrath may burn hot against them and I may [a]consume them. And (C)I will make of you a great nation.”
11 (D)Then Moses pleaded with [b]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 (E)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and (F)relent from this harm to Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You (G)swore by Your own self, and said to them, (H)‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” 14 So the Lord (I)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.
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- Exodus 32:10 destroy
- Exodus 32:11 Lit. the face of the Lord
Ezekiel 20:21-23
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21 “Notwithstanding, (A)the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, (B)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; but they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I [a]withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also I raised My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, that (C)I would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries,
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- Ezekiel 20:22 Refrained from judgment
Ezekiel 20:13-14
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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them. 14 (F)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Ezekiel 20:8-9
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8 But they rebelled against Me and would not [a]obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, ‘I will (A)pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ 9 (B)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself (C)known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
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- Ezekiel 20:8 Lit. listen to
Isaiah 48:9
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9 “For(A) My name’s sake (B)I will [a]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
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- Isaiah 48:9 delay
Isaiah 27:4-8
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4 Fury is not in Me.
Who would set (A)briers and thorns
Against Me in battle?
I would go through them,
I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold (B)of My strength,
That he may (C)make peace with Me;
And he shall make peace with Me.”
6 Those who come He shall cause (D)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 (E)Has He struck [a]Israel as He struck those who struck him?
Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?
8 (F)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(G)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.
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- Isaiah 27:7 Lit. him
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;
1 Samuel 26:8
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8 Then Abishai said to David, (A)“God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him [a]at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”
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- 1 Samuel 26:8 Or one time
Deuteronomy 32:26-27
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26 (A)I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, (B)“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
Deuteronomy 13:17
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17 (A)So none of the accursed things shall remain in your hand, that the Lord may (B)turn from the fierceness of His anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you and [a]multiply you, just as He swore to your fathers,
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- Deuteronomy 13:17 increase
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