13 Bible Verses about Longsuffering Of God

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2 Peter 3:15

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Ezekiel 20:17

And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

1 Peter 3:20

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

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Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Punished for despising

Matthew 24:48-51

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken, the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know, read more.
and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

Longsuffering Of God » Is part of his character

Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Abuse

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

Matthew 24:48-49

'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

Longsuffering Of God » Exercised toward » His people

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

Ezekiel 20:17

And Mine eye hath pity on them -- against destroying them, And I have not made of them an end in the wilderness.

Longsuffering Of God » Limits set to

Jeremiah 44:22

And Jehovah is not able any more to accept you, because of the evil of your doings, because of the abominations that ye have done, and your land is for a waste, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, without inhabitant, as at this day.

Longsuffering Of God » Exercised toward » The wicked

1 Peter 3:20

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified

Isaiah 48:9

For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.

Longsuffering Of God » Should lead to repentance

Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified » Manasseh

2 Chronicles 33:10-13

And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended, and Jehovah bringeth in against them the heads of the host that the king of Asshur hath, and they capture Manasseh among the thickets, and bind him with brazen fetters, and cause him to go to Babylon. And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers, read more.
and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He is God.

Longsuffering Of God » Illustrated

Luke 13:9

and if indeed it may bear fruit -- ;and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'

Luke 13:6

And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified » Paul

Longsuffering Of God » Plead, in prayer

Jeremiah 15:15

Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.

Longsuffering Of God » Salvation, the object of

2 Peter 3:15

and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,

Longsuffering Of God » Exhibited in forgiving sins

Longsuffering Of God » The wicked » Despise

Longsuffering Of God » An encouragement to repent

Longsuffering Of God » Through Christ's intercession

Repentance » We should be led to, by » Longsuffering Of God

1 Peter 3:20

who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

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