Jonah 4:11

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Jonah 4:11

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”

Jonah 1:2

“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

Deuteronomy 1:39

Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become prey, and your sons, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter Canaan, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

Matthew 18:33

Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave [who owed you little by comparison], as I had mercy on you?’

Luke 15:28-32

But the elder brother became angry and deeply resentful and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Psalm 104:14

He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—

Psalm 104:27-28

They all wait for You
To give them their food in its appointed season.

Psalm 145:8-9

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

Psalm 145:15-16

The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation],
And You give them their food in due time.

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.

Jonah 3:2-3

“Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”

Jonah 3:10-1

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God [had compassion and] relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

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Summary

Jonah 4:11

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Should

Nineveh

Jonah 1:2

Jonah 3:2

That cannot

Deuteronomy 1:39

And also

Psalm 36:6

Psalm 104:14

Psalm 145:8

General references

Genesis 9:10

Bible References

Should

But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.

Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave [who owed you little by comparison], as I had mercy on you?’

But the elder brother became angry and deeply resentful and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Nineveh

“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

“Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”

That cannot

Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become prey, and your sons, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter Canaan, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.

And also

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God,
Your judgments are like the great deep.
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

He causes grass to grow for the cattle,
And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man,
So that he may bring food from the earth—

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

General references

and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the livestock, and the wild animals of the earth along with you, of everything that comes out of the ark—every living creature of the earth.