Nehemiah 9:17

God's Word

They refused to listen. They forgot the miracles you performed for them. They became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to slavery ⌞in Egypt⌟. But you are a forgiving God, one who is compassionate, merciful, patient, and always ready to forgive. You never abandoned them,

Cross References

1 Kings 6:13

I will live among the Israelites and never abandon my people.”

1 Kings 8:57

May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us.

2 Chronicles 36:13

Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar had made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God’s name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 9:9

We are slaves, but our God hasn’t abandoned us in our slavery. Instead, he has made the kings of Persia treat us kindly. He did this to give us an opportunity to rebuild our God’s temple and restore its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 9:31

But your compassion is endless. You didn’t destroy them or abandon them. You are a merciful and compassionate God.

Psalm 106:13

They quickly forgot what he did. They did not wait for his advice.

Psalm 106:7

When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles. They did not remember your numerous acts of mercy, so they rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.

Psalm 130:4

But with you there is forgiveness so that you can be feared.

Psalm 78:10

They had not been faithful to God’s promise. They refused to follow his teachings.

Psalm 78:11

They forgot what he had done— the miracles that he had shown them.

Psalm 78:38

But he is compassionate. He forgave their sin. He did not destroy them. He restrained his anger many times. He did not display all of his fury.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.

Psalm 86:5

You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord added, “I’ve seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.

Proverbs 1:24

“I called, and you refused to listen. I stretched out my hands to you, and no one paid attention.

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have forgotten me. They burn incense as an offering to worthless idols, and they stumble along the way, on the ancient path. They go on side roads and not on major highways.

Jeremiah 19:15

“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to bring on this city and on all its towns the disasters that I threatened. They’ve become impossible to deal with, and they refuse to obey me.”

Jeremiah 7:26

But you didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.

Ezekiel 5:6

The people of Jerusalem have rebelled against my rules and my laws more than the surrounding nations. They have rejected my rules, and they don’t live by my laws.

Daniel 9:9

“But you, Lord our God, are compassionate and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes. Return to the Lord your God. He is merciful and compassionate, patient, and always ready to forgive and to change his plans about disaster.

Leviticus 26:44

Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or look at them with disgust. I will not reject or cancel my promise to them, because I am the Lord their God.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is patient and has great strength. The Lord will never let the guilty go unpunished. Raging winds and storms mark his path, and clouds are the dust from his feet.

Numbers 14:11

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to trust me in spite of all the miraculous signs I have done among them?

Numbers 14:41

But Moses asked, “Why are you disobeying the Lord’s command? Your plan won’t work!

Numbers 16:14

Certainly you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us any fields and vineyards to own. Do you think you can still pull the wool over our eyes? We won’t come.”

Acts 7:39

but our ancestors were not willing to obey him. Instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt.

Romans 9:15

For example, God said to Moses, “I will be kind to anyone I want to. I will be merciful to anyone I want to.”

Hebrews 12:25

Be careful that you do not refuse to listen when God speaks. Your ancestors didn’t escape when they refused to listen to God, who warned them on earth. We certainly won’t escape if we turn away from God, who warns us from heaven.

1 Samuel 12:22

For the sake of his great name, the Lord will not abandon his people, because the Lord wants to make you his people.