Psalm 78:38

English Standard Version 2016

Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:9

“For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.

Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless, my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.

2 Kings 21:20

And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

Psalm 99:8

O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.

Amos 7:3

The Lord relented concerning this: “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

The Lord relented concerning this: “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.