Jeremiah 42:10
If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.
Jeremiah 24:6
I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.
Jeremiah 31:28
In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!"
Ezekiel 36:36
Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken -- and I will do it!'
Deuteronomy 32:36
The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.
Jeremiah 33:7
I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old.
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!
Joel 2:13
Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.
Amos 7:3
The Lord decided not to do this. "It will not happen," the Lord said.
Amos 7:6
The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, "This will not happen either."
Jonah 3:10
When God saw their actions -- they turned from their evil way of living! -- God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
Genesis 26:2-3
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.
Exodus 32:14
Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
Judges 2:18
When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
2 Samuel 24:16
When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, "That's enough! Stop now!" (Now the Lord's angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity!
Psalm 69:35
For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.
Psalm 102:16
when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,
Psalm 106:45
He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
Jeremiah 18:7-10
There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.
Jeremiah 26:19
King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the Lord and seek the Lord's favor? Did not the Lord forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves."
Acts 15:16
After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it,