Jonah 4:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil.

Cross References

Psalm 145:8

the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

Psalm 86:5

Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.

Jeremiah 18:8

If that nation against which I have spoken shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.

Exodus 32:14

And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

Amos 7:3

The Lord had pity upon this: It shall not be, said the Lord.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.

Jonah 1:3

And Jonas rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face of the Lord.

1 Kings 19:4

And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper-tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me. Lord, take away my soul; for I am no better than my fathers.

Amos 7:6

The Lord had pity upon this. Yea this also shall not be, said the Lord God.

Psalm 90:13

Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the basilisk: and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.

Luke 10:29

But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?

Jeremiah 20:7

Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I am deceived: thou hast been stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I am become a laughing-stock all the day: all scoff at me.

Deuteronomy 4:31

Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God. He will not leave thee: nor altogether destroy thee: nor forget the covenant, by which he swore to thy fathers.

Psalm 103:8

The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.

Jeremiah 26:13

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath spoken against you.

Jeremiah 42:10

If you will be quiet and remain in this land, I will build you up and not pull you down: I will plant you and not pluck you up: for now I am appeased for the evil that I have done to you.

Jonah 3:9

Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?