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.

Jeremiah 4:27


Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.

Nehemiah 9:17


“They refused to listen and obey,
And did not remember Your wondrous acts which You had performed among them;
So they stiffened their necks and [in their rebellion] appointed a leader in order to return them to slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and merciful and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not abandon them.

Jeremiah 5:10


“Go up through the rows of Jerusalem’s vineyards and destroy [them],
But do not completely destroy everything.
Strip away her branches and the tendrils [of her vines],
For they are not the Lord’s.

Jeremiah 5:18

“But even in those days,” says the Lord, “I will not totally destroy you.

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed by in front of him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth (faithfulness);

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned toward them for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and He was unwilling to destroy them, and did not cast them from His presence until now.

2 Chronicles 30:9

For if you return to the Lord, your brothers (relatives) and your children will find compassion in the presence of those who led them away captive and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

Psalm 103:8-9


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

Psalm 145:8-9


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

Lamentations 3:22


It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.

Ezekiel 14:22-23

Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it [escaping the judgments], both sons and daughters. Listen carefully, they are going to come out to you [in Babylon] and you will see their [wicked] conduct and [despicable] actions; then you will be at peace in regard to the disaster which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought on it [has been deserved].

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Bible References

For thy great

Jeremiah 4:27

Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.
Jeremiah 5:10

“Go up through the rows of Jerusalem’s vineyards and destroy [them],
But do not completely destroy everything.
Strip away her branches and the tendrils [of her vines],
For they are not the Lord’s.
Lamentations 3:22

It is because of the Lord’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed,
Because His [tender] compassions never fail.
Ezekiel 14:22
Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it [escaping the judgments], both sons and daughters. Listen carefully, they are going to come out to you [in Babylon] and you will see their [wicked] conduct and [despicable] actions; then you will be at peace in regard to the disaster which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought on it [has been deserved].
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;