Psalm 145:8

English Standard Version

⁸The Lord is ^(A)gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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Psalm 145:8

New International Version

⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(A)
slow to anger and rich in love.^(B)

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Numbers 14:18

English Standard Version

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.’

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Numbers 14:18

New International Version

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)

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Psalm 103:8

English Standard Version

⁸The Lord is ^(A)merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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Psalm 103:8

New International Version

⁸The Lord is compassionate and gracious,^(A)
slow to anger, abounding in love.

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Psalm 86:5

English Standard Version

⁵For you, O Lord, are good and ^(A)forgiving,
^(B)abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

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Psalm 86:5

New International Version

⁵You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love^(A) to all who call to you.

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Psalm 116:5

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(B)righteous;
our God is ^(C)merciful.

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Psalm 116:5

New International Version

⁵The Lord is gracious and righteous;^(A)
our God is full of compassion.^(B)

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Psalm 100:5

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his ^(B)faithfulness to all generations.

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Psalm 100:5

New International Version

⁵For the Lord is good^(A) and his love endures forever;^(B)
his faithfulness^(C) continues through all generations.

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Micah 7:18-20

English Standard Version

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.
¹⁹He 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.
²⁰^(H)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
^(I)as you have sworn to our fathers
    from the days of old.

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Micah 7:19 Hebrew their

Micah 7:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸Who 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)
¹⁹You 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)
²⁰You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,^(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors^(K)
    in days long ago.^(L)

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Psalm 86:15

English Standard Version

¹⁵But you, O Lord, are a God ^(A)merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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Psalm 86:15

New International Version

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

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Romans 5:20-21

English Standard Version

²⁰Now ^(A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^(B)grace abounded all the more, ²¹so that, ^(C)as sin reigned in death, ^(D)grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Romans 5:20-21

New International Version

²⁰The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(B) ²¹so that, just as sin reigned in death,^(C) so also grace^(D) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life^(E) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Exodus 34:6-7

English Standard Version

⁶The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ^(A)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and ^(B)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast ^(C)love and faithfulness, ⁷^(D)keeping steadfast love for thousands,^[a] ^(E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but ^(F)who will by no means clear the guilty, ^(G)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

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Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation

Exodus 34:6-7

New International Version

⁶And 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) ⁷maintaining 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)

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Ephesians 2:4

English Standard Version

⁴But^[a] God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, ^(B)because of the great love with which he loved us,

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Ephesians 2:4 Or And

Ephesians 2:4

New International Version

⁴But because of his great love for us,^(A) God, who is rich in mercy,

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Ephesians 1:8

English Standard Version

⁸which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

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Ephesians 1:8

New International Version

⁸that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,

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Jonah 4:2

English Standard Version

²And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? ^(A)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^(B)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^(C)relenting from disaster.

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Jonah 4:2

New International Version

²He 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)

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