49 occurrences

'Gracious' in the Bible

Then he lifted up his eyes and saw Benjamin his brother, the son of his mother, and said, "Is this your youngest brother of whom you told me?" And he continued, "God be gracious to you, my son."

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessDivine FavourSalutationsThe Youngest ChildSeeing PeopleMothers And Sons

because it is his only garment; it is his cloak for his skin. In what will he sleep? {And} when he cries out to me, I will hear, because I [am] gracious.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBodyCovering The BodyCries Of Distress To GodGod Pays Attention

And he said, "I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over before you, and I will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you, and I will be gracious [to] whom I will be gracious, and I will show compassion [to] whom I will show compassion."

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGod, Compassion OfEmotions, Shown By Godelection, to salvationChoicesGod, Perfection OfGrace, In OtHeart, DivineGrace, And SalvationMorality, And CreationPredestinationPredestination, Spiritual EventsProclaimingIntestinesProclaiming God’s NameGod Will Show MercyGoodness

For when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your children [will find] compassion before their captors and return to this land, for Yahweh your God [is] gracious and compassionate, and he will not turn away his face from you if you return to him."

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfConversion, God's demands forFace Of GodGrace, In OtReinstatement

They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders that you did among them. They stiffened their neck and in their rebellion {determined} to return to their slavery. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger}, abundant in loyal love, so you did not abandon them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAngerAggressionAnger Of God, DescriptionListeningRestraintSin, And God's CharacterLoving Kindness Of GodSelf WillGod Not ForsakingMaking SlavesA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerAnger And Forgiveness

But in your great compassions you did not put an end to them, and you did not abandon them. For you are a gracious and compassionate God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMercifulnessMind, Of GodGod Not Forsaking

{so that} he is gracious [to] him, and he says, 'Deliver him from descending into [the] pit; I have found a ransom.'

Verse ConceptsRansomGoing Down To The PitSaved From The Pit

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh. See my suffering from [those who] hate me, [you who] lift me up from the gates of death,

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGatesMercifulnessGates Of DeathNot DyingDeath PreventedPeople Being HatedDeath Of Loved One

Hear, O Yahweh, my voice [when] I call, and be gracious to me and answer me.

Verse ConceptsCryingMercifulnessPrayer, Described AsPay Attention O God!

"O Yahweh, hear and be gracious to me. O Yahweh, be my helper."

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Pay Attention O God!

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People

But you, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up that I may repay them.

Verse ConceptsGod Lifting PeopleRepaying Evil For Evil

Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.

Verse ConceptsMusicThose OppressedAll Day

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.

Verse ConceptsDisastersCavesdefence, divineGuardiansMusicOppression, God's Attitude ToRefugeShadowsWingsProtection, From GodTrusting In GodGod's WingsCaves As Places Of RefugeProtection From Danger

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

Verse ConceptsTreacheryGod Waking UpPsalm InterjectionsPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors

Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.

Verse ConceptsSeeking God's StrengthSave Us!

He has made his wonders {to be remembered}; Yahweh [is] gracious and compassionate.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, And WorshipReminders Of God

I {seek your favor} with my whole heart; be gracious [to] me according to your word.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodImportunity, Towards GodPrayer, Offered WithWhole Heartedness

Turn to me and be gracious to me, as [is] proper for those who love your name.

Verse ConceptsLoving God's Things

Behold, as [the] eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their master, as [the] eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [look] to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineMaidsMind, Of GodStatusWaiting On GodEmployeesServants Of PeoplePaying Attention To Godservanthoodmovementmistress

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's People

When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him, for seven abominations [are] in his heart.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsNot Believing People

For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem, you will surely not weep. Surely he will be gracious to you; when he hears the sound of your cry, he will answer you.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesGod Will AnswerNot Mourning

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, [was] this not {what I said} while I was in my homeland? Therefore {I originally fled} to Tarshish, because I knew that you [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger {and having great steadfast love}, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Repentance OfKnowing God, Nature OfReceptivenessRestraintGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindHasty ActionSaying The Same ThingsSaying RepeatedlyA Forgiving GodGod Turned Back From Harming ThemKnowing God's CharacterAnger And Forgivenessjonah

So then, {implore the favor of God} so that he will be gracious to us. "{This is what you have done}. {Will he show favor to any of you}?" says Yahweh of hosts.

Verse ConceptsWelcomed By GodPray For UsSeeking The Favour Of God

Bible Theasaurus

Benevolent (2 instances)
Courteous (4 instances)
Docile (1 instance)
Gracious (335 instances)
Ingratiating (1 instance)