Thematic Bible: Sin's penalty sometimes delayed


Thematic Bible




For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

heretofore disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;

And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless? But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.