Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says LORD.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory. Where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? The yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste, for his heart yearned over his brother, and he sought where to weep. And he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Judges 10:16
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served LORD. And his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For LORD will judge his people, and regrets for his servants, when he sees that [their] power is gone, and there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
1 Kings 3:26
Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine.
Psalm 103:13
Like as a father pities his sons, So LORD pities those who fear him.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom LORD loves he reproves, {and he whips every son whom he receives (LXX/NT)}.
Isaiah 57:16-18
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
Lamentations 3:31-32
For LORD will not cast off forever.
Hosea 11:8-9
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [How] shall I cast thee off, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? [How] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me. My compassions are kindled together.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Luke 15:24
because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.
Luke 15:32
But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I long for you all in bowels of Jesus Christ.