Jonah 4:2
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2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I (A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a (B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
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Exodus 34:6-7
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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, 7 (D)keeping mercy for thousands, (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, (F)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
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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.
Numbers 14:18-19
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18 (A)‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, (B)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’ 19 (C)Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, (D)according to the greatness of Your mercy, just (E)as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
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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?
Psalm 145:8
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8 (A)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
Micah 7:18
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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?
Footnotes
- Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
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.
Jeremiah 18:8
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8 (A)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, (B)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
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Exodus 32:14
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14 So the Lord (A)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.
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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;
Amos 7:3
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3 So (A)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
Hosea 11:8-9
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(C)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [b]come with terror.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
- Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city
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