Romans 9:22

Conservative English Version

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

Psalm 90:11

No one knows the full power of your furious anger, but it is as great as the fear that we owe to you.

Exodus 9:16

But he has kept you alive, just to show you his power and to bring honor to himself everywhere in the world.

Proverbs 16:4

The LORD has a reason for everything he does, and he lets evil people live only to be punished.

Lamentations 3:22

The LORD's kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed.

Numbers 14:11

The LORD said to Moses, "I have done great things for these people, and they still reject me by refusing to believe in my power.

Numbers 14:18

that you love to show mercy and kindness. And you said that you are very patient, but that you will punish everyone guilty of doing wrong--not only them but their children and grandchildren as well.

Romans 1:18

From heaven God shows how angry he is with all the wicked and evil things that sinful people do to crush the truth.

Romans 9:17

In the Scriptures the Lord says to Pharaoh of Egypt, "I let you become king, so that I could show you my power and be praised by all people on earth."

Romans 9:20

But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did?

Romans 9:21

Doesn't a potter have the right to make a fancy bowl and a plain bowl out of the same lump of clay?"

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They keep us from speaking his message to the Gentiles and from leading them to be saved. The Jews have always gone too far with their sins. Now God has finally become angry and will punish them.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large house some dishes are made of gold or silver, while others are made of wood or clay. Some of these are special, and others are not.

1 Peter 2:8

They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over that stone, because they were doomed.

1 Peter 3:20

They had disobeyed God while Noah was building the boat, but God had been patient with them. Eight people went into that boat and were brought safely through the flood.

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

2 Peter 2:9

This shows that the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their sufferings and to punish evil people while they wait for the day of judgment.

2 Peter 3:15

Don't forget that the Lord is patient because he wants people to be saved. This is also what our dear friend Paul said when he wrote you with the wisdom that God had given him.

Jude 1:4

Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, "God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral." They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.