Jonah 4:2

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Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord: “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

Psalm 86:15

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

Jonah 1:3

However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the Lord’s presence.

Numbers 14:18-19

The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.

Joel 2:13-14

Tear your hearts,
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord relented concerning the disaster He said He would bring on His people.

1 Kings 19:4

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”

Psalm 78:38

Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash all His wrath.

Psalm 90:13

Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

Jeremiah 18:8

However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.

Hosea 11:8-9

How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!

Amos 7:3

The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.

Jonah 3:10

Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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Summary

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

He prayed

1 Kings 19:4

Jeremiah 20:7

I fled

Jonah 1:3

Luke 10:29

Thou art

And of

Amos 7:3

General references

Exodus 32:14

Amos 7:6

Bible References

He prayed

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.

I fled

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Thou art

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

Yet He was compassionate;
He atoned for their guilt
and did not destroy them.
He often turned His anger aside
and did not unleash all His wrath.

For You, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive,
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.

The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.

How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!

Tear your hearts,
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.

Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

And of

Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.

So the Lord relented concerning the disaster He said He would bring on His people.

Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.

General references

So the Lord relented concerning the disaster He said He would bring on His people.

The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.