Isaiah 57:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For I will not accuse you for ever, and I will not always be angry; for then the spirit would grow weak before me, even the breath, which I have made.

Cross References

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger for ever because he delights in faithful love.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

Jeremiah 10:24

Discipline me, Lord, but with justice – not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell face down  and said, ‘God, God who gives breath to all,  , when one man sins, will you vent your wrath on the whole community? ’

Jeremiah 38:16

King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private,  ‘As the Lord lives, who has given us this life,  I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who intend to take your life.’

Isaiah 42:5

This is what God, the Lord, says – who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it   –

Genesis 6:3

And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain  with  mankind for ever,  because they are corrupt.  , Their days will be 120 years.’

Zechariah 12:1

A pronouncement: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. A declaration of the  Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and formed the spirit of man within him.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 3:5

Will he bear a grudge for ever? Will he be endlessly infuriated? ’ This is what you have said, but you have done the evil things you are capable of.

Ezekiel 18:4

Look, every life belongs to me.  The life of the father is like the life of the son #– #both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Amos 1:11

The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him   continually, and he harboured his rage incessantly.

2 Samuel 24:16

Then the angel extended his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it,  but the Lord relented concerning the destruction  and said to the angel who was destroying  the people, ‘Enough, withdraw your hand now! ’ The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing-floor of Araunah  the Jebusite.

Job 12:10

The life of every living thing is in his hand, as well as the breath of all humanity.

Isaiah 27:8

You disputed with Israel by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with his severe storm on the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.

Isaiah 64:8

Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.