Joel 2:13
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13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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Psalm 86:15
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Psalm 86:15
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15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
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Psalm 34:18
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Psalm 34:18
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18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
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Isaiah 57:15
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Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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Exodus 34:6-7
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6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) 7 maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)
Exodus 34:6-7
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6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
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Micah 7:18
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18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Matthew 5:3-4
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Matthew 5:3-4
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3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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James 1:19-20
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Listening and Doing
19 My dear brothers and sisters,(A) take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak(B) and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger(C) does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
James 1:19-20
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19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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Jeremiah 18:7-8
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7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted,(A) torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(B) and not inflict on it the disaster(C) I had planned.
Jeremiah 18:7-8
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7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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Psalm 86:5
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5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.
Psalm 86:5
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5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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Jonah 4:2
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2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E)
Jonah 4:2
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2 And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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Isaiah 66:2
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2 Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 66:2
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2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Psalm 103:8
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8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
slow to anger, abounding in love.
Psalm 103:8
King James Version
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
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