Amos 7:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Again the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

Cross References

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed: Our Lord, I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.

Amos 7:3

Then the Lord felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

Jeremiah 26:19

Then the leaders continued: No one put Micah to death for saying that. Instead, King Hezekiah prayed to the Lord with fear and trembling and asked him to have mercy. Then the Lord decided not to destroy Jerusalem, even though he had already said he would. People of Judah, if Jeremiah is killed, we will bring a terrible disaster on ourselves.

Psalm 135:14

The Lord will bring justice and show mercy to all who serve him.

Psalm 90:13

Help us, Lord! Don't wait! Pity your servants.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites got rid of the idols of the foreign gods, and they began worshiping only the Lord. Finally, there came a time when the Lord could no longer stand to see them suffer.

Judges 2:18

When enemies made life miserable for the Israelites, the Lord felt sorry for them. He would choose a judge and help that judge rescue Israel from its enemies. The Lord was kind to Israel as long as that judge lived.

Genesis 6:7

and he said, “I'm going to destroy every person on earth! I'll even wipe out animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them.”

Psalm 106:45

You kept your agreement and were so merciful

Jeremiah 42:10

I am sorry that I had to punish you, and so I now tell you to stay here in Judah, where I will plant you and build you up, instead of tearing you down and uprooting you.

Joel 2:13

Don't rip your clothes to show your sorrow. Instead, turn back to me with broken hearts. I am merciful, kind, and caring. I don't easily lose my temper, and I don't like to punish.

Amos 7:7

The Lord showed me a vision of himself standing beside a wall and holding a string with a weight tied to the end of it. The string and weight had been used to measure the straightness of the wall.

Exodus 32:14

So even though the Lord had threatened to destroy the people, he changed his mind and let them live.

1 Chronicles 21:15

Then he sent an angel to destroy the city of Jerusalem. But just as the angel was about to do that, the Lord felt sorry for all the suffering he had caused the people, and he told the angel, “Stop! They have suffered enough.” This happened at the threshing place that belonged to Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalm 78:38

Yet God was kind. He kept forgiving their sins and didn't destroy them. He often became angry, but never lost his temper.