Exodus 32:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:6

He was very sorry that he had made them,

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 106:23

You were angry and started to destroy them, but Moses, your chosen leader, begged you not to do it.

Psalm 106:45

You kept your agreement and were so merciful

Exodus 33:13

If this is true, let me know what your plans are, then I can obey and continue to please you. And don't forget that you have chosen this nation to be your own.”

Jeremiah 18:8

and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind.

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.

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 7:3

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

Amos 7:6

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

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.

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, not even foreigners.

Numbers 14:20

Then the LORD said to Moses: In answer to your prayer, I do forgive them.

Deuteronomy 10:10

When I had taken the second set of stones up the mountain, I spent forty days and nights there, just as I had done before. Once again, the LORD answered my prayer and did not destroy you.

Deuteronomy 32:26

“I wanted to scatter you, so no one would remember that you had ever lived.

Deuteronomy 32:36

When only a few of the LORD's people remain, when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves, the LORD will feel sorry for them and give them justice.

Judges 2:18

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

1 Samuel 15:11

“Saul has stopped obeying me, and I'm sorry that I made him king.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out in prayer to the LORD all night.