Jonah 4:2

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Summary

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

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

I fled

But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare of it, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Thou art

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth of the evil.

Who is a God like to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

And of

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not.

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

Return, O LORD, how long? and repent thou concerning thy servants.

If that nation against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

General references

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.