17 They refused to obey (A)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, (B)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:17 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their slavery

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     and (A)rend your hearts and not (B)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
    (C)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    (D)and he relents over disaster.

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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 you, O Lord, are good and (A)forgiving,
    (B)abounding in steadfast love to all 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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The Lord is (A)gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is (B)good to all,
    and his mercy is over all that he has made.

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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 you, O Lord, are a God (A)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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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)‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, (B)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Please (C)pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just (D)as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt 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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15 For he says to Moses, (A)“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I 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 perceive? Do you not remember (B)the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or (C)the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? (D)Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

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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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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    (C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
    (F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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  1. Micah 7:19 Hebrew 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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let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
    and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
(A)For 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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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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43 (A)Many times he delivered them,
    but they were rebellious in their (B)purposes
    and were (C)brought low through their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
    when he (D)heard their cry.
45 For their sake he (E)remembered his covenant,
    and (F)relented according to (G)the abundance of his steadfast love.
46 He caused them to be (H)pitied
    by all those who held them captive.

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43 Many times he delivered them,(A)
    but they were bent on rebellion(B)
    and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
    when he heard their cry;(C)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(D)
    and out of his great love(E) he relented.(F)
46 He caused all who held them captive
    to show them mercy.(G)

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Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
    did not consider your wondrous works;
they (A)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
    but (B)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

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When our ancestors were in Egypt,
    they gave no thought(A) to your miracles;
they did not remember(B) your many kindnesses,
    and they rebelled by the sea,(C) the Red Sea.[a]

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  1. Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22

The Lord is (A)merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
(B)He will not always chide,
    nor will he (C)keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us (D)according to our sins,
    nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For (E)as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his (F)steadfast love toward (G)those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
    so far does he (H)remove our transgressions from us.
13 As (I)a father shows compassion to his children,
    so the Lord shows compassion (J)to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;[a]
    he (K)remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like (L)grass;
    he flourishes like (M)a flower of the field;
16 for (N)the wind passes over it, and (O)it is gone,
    and (P)its place knows it no more.
17 But (Q)the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on (R)those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to (S)children's children,
18 to those who (T)keep his covenant
    and (U)remember to do his commandments.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Or knows how we are formed

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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