17 They refused to obey,
And (A)they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And [a]in their rebellion
They appointed (B)a leader
To return to their bondage.
But You are God,
Ready to pardon,
(C)Gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger,
Abundant in kindness,
And did not forsake them.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:17 So with MT, Vg.; LXX in Egypt

17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(A) the miracles(B) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(C) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(D) But you are a forgiving God,(E) gracious and compassionate,(F) slow to anger(G) and abounding in love.(H) Therefore you did not desert them,(I)

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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.

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13 Rend your heart(A)
    and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
    and he relents from sending calamity.(F)

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For (A)You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.

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You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.

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(A)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
(B)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

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The Lord is gracious and compassionate,(A)
    slow to anger and rich in love.(B)

The Lord is good(C) to all;
    he has compassion(D) on all he has made.

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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.

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15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious(A) God,
    slow to anger,(B) abounding(C) in love and faithfulness.(D)

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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.

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  1. Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
  2. Micah 7:19 Lit. their

18 Who is a God(A) like you,
    who pardons sin(B) and forgives(C) the transgression
    of the remnant(D) of his inheritance?(E)
You do not stay angry(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(H) into the depths of the sea.(I)

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15 For He says to Moses, (A)“I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”

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15 For he says to Moses,

“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
    and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 9:15 Exodus 33:19

(A)Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? 10 (B)Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up? 11 How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread?—but to beware of the [a]leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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  1. Matthew 16:11 yeast

Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?(A) 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?(B) 11 How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

“For(D) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
“For(E) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

Let the wicked forsake(A) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(B)
Let them turn(C) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(D) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(E)

“For my thoughts(F) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(G)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(H)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(I)

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(A)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
(B)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 (C)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He (D)removed our transgressions from us.
13 (E)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, (F)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (G)For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,
And (H)its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 (I)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
  2. Psalm 103:16 not

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;(B)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve(C)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love(D) for those who fear him;(E)
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions(F) from us.

13 As a father has compassion(G) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,(H)
    he remembers that we are dust.(I)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(J)
    they flourish like a flower(K) of the field;
16 the wind blows(L) over it and it is gone,
    and its place(M) remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children(N)
18 with those who keep his covenant(O)
    and remember(P) to obey his precepts.(Q)

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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;

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38 Yet he was merciful;(A)
    he forgave(B) their iniquities(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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13 And (A)I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not (B)forsake My people Israel.”

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13 And I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon(A) my people Israel.”

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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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18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion.(A) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’(B) 19 In accordance with your great love, forgive(C) the sin of these people,(D) just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”(E)

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