Romans 2:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Despisest

2 Peter 3:3

Riches

Forbearance

General references

Jeremiah 34:11

Luke 8:6

Bible References

Despisest

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see.”

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?

“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes:

The days keep passing by,
and every vision fails?

But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

Riches

And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory—

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

Oh, the depth of the riches
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
How unsearchable His judgments
and untraceable His ways!

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

How countless are Your works, Lord!
In wisdom You have made them all;
the earth is full of Your creatures.

We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery—Christ.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love
for mankind appeared,

Forbearance

God presented Him as a propitiation

through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation.

Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash all His wrath.

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.

I will make known the Lord’s faithful love
and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,
because of all the Lord has done for us—
even the many good things
He has done for the house of Israel
and has done for them based on His compassion
and the abundance of His faithful love.

He prayed to the Lord: “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.

But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate His extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while an ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people

—were saved through water.

General references

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.

Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.