Lamentations 3:22
It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.
Malachi 3:6
“For I am the Lord, I do not change [but remain faithful to My covenant with you]; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end.
Psalm 78:38
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
Nehemiah 9:31
“Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them,
For You are a gracious and merciful God.
Psalm 86:15
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Psalm 106:45
And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],
Luke 1:50
“And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.
Ezra 9:8-9
But now for a brief moment grace has been [shown to us] from the Lord our God, who has left us a surviving remnant and has given us a peg (secure hold) in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ezra 9:13-15
And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our wrongdoings deserve, and have given us survivors like these,
Psalm 77:8
Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
Have His promises ended for all time?
Ezekiel 20:8-9
But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not throw away the detestable things on which they feasted their eyes, nor did they
“Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 20:13-14
But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they despised and rejected My ordinances, which, if a man keeps, he will live; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.
Ezekiel 20:21-22
Yet the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, which, if a man keeps, he will live; they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the wilderness.
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
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“Yet in Your great compassion You did not utterly destroy them or abandon them,
For You are a gracious and merciful God.
Many times He restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.
And He remembered His covenant for their sake,
And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],
“Then I decided to pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
Because
Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
Have His promises ended for all time?
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
“And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.
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For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness and tender mercy.