Nehemiah 9:31
New Living Translation
31 But in your great mercy, you did not destroy them completely or abandon them forever. What a gracious and merciful God you are!
Jeremiah 4:27
New Living Translation
27 This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
but I will not destroy it completely.
Lamentations 3:22
New Living Translation
22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
His mercies never cease.
Footnotes
- 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.
Jeremiah 5:18
New Living Translation
18 “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the Lord.
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Psalm 103:8-9
New Living Translation
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
Nehemiah 9:17
New Living Translation
17 They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
Footnotes
- 9:17 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads in their rebellion.
Jeremiah 5:10
New Living Translation
10 “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines,
leaving a scattered few alive.
Strip the branches from the vines,
for these people do not belong to the Lord.
Psalm 145:8-9
New Living Translation
8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 The Lord is good to everyone.
He showers compassion on all his creation.
Exodus 34:6-7
New Living Translation
6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out,
“Yahweh![a] The Lord!
The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
7 I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.[b]
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
even children in the third and fourth generations.”
Daniel 9:9
New Living Translation
9 But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Ezekiel 14:22-23
New Living Translation
22 Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem. 23 When you meet them and see their behavior, you will understand that these things are not being done to Israel without cause. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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2 Chronicles 30:9
New Living Translation
9 “For if you return to the Lord, your relatives and your children will be treated mercifully by their captors, and they will be able to return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.”
2 Kings 13:23
New Living Translation
23 But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.
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