Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. Therefore My heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Jehovah.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from Heaven, and look down from the place of Your holiness and of Your glory; where is Your zeal and Your strength, the multitude of Your tender affections and of Your mercies toward me? Are they withheld?
Genesis 43:30
And Joseph made haste, for his bowels yearned toward his brother. And he sought a place to weep. And he entered into his room and wept there.
Judges 10:16
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah. And His soul was moved by the misery of Israel.
Song of Songs 5:4
My Beloved put in His hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for Him.
Isaiah 16:11
Therefore my belly shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my bowels for Kir-hareseth.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For Jehovah will bring His people justice; and He shall have compassion on His servants, for He sees that their power is gone, and only the imprisoned and abandoned remain.
1 Kings 3:26
And the woman whose son was the living child said to the king, for her womb yearned over her son. And she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours; divide it!
Psalm 103:13
As a father pities his children, Jehovah pities those who fear Him.
Proverbs 3:12
for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.
Isaiah 57:16-18
For I will not contend forever, nor will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls I have made.
Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put you among the sons, and give you a pleasant land, a beautiful inheritance among the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call Me, My Father, and shall not turn away from Me.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like flutes, and my heart shall sound like flutes for the men of Kirheres, because the riches that he has gotten have perished.
Lamentations 3:31-32
For the Lord will not cast off forever;
Hosea 11:8-9
How shall I give you up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you like Admah? How shall I set you as Zeboim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassions are kindled together.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
Luke 15:24
for this my son was dead and is alive again, he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
Luke 15:32
It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.