Thematic Bible: Exercised toward


Thematic Bible




Therefore the Lord waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJusticeCommendationGod Is GraciousGod, Justice OfTendernessWaiting On GodLongsuffering Of GodDivine FavourGod WaitingGod Showed MercyGod's InterventionWaiting On The LordWaiting For God's Timingjournaling

Yet My eye [looked on them with compassion and] spared them instead of destroying them, and I did not annihilate them in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfLongsuffering Of GodDying In The Wilderness

What if God, although willing to show His [terrible] wrath and to make His power known, has tolerated with great patience the objects of His wrath [which are] prepared for destruction? Verse ConceptsDestructionGod's attitude towards peopleHell, As An ExperienceSin, And God's CharacterLongsuffering Of GodPower Of God, ShownDestruction Of The WickedGod EnduringGod Has AngerGod Showed His PowerDelay Of The Second ComingPatience As A Fruit Of The Spiritwrath

who once were disobedient, when the great patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons [Noah’s family], were brought safely through the water. Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBaptism, significance ofBefore The FloodGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Patience OfNoahSeafaringPunishment, DelayedLongsuffering Of GodThe DelugeDivine DelaysEight PeopleGod WaitingFew Peopledisobedienceinvesting