Jonah 4:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He complained to the Lord and said, “Lord, I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city, so I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God. I knew that you show mercy and don’t want to punish people. I knew that you are kind, and if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

Cross References

Psalm 86:15

My Lord, you are a kind and merciful God. You are patient, loyal, and full of love.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is kind and merciful, patient and full of love.

Psalm 86:5

My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help.

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You take away people’s guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.

Jeremiah 18:8

But if the people of that nation change their hearts and lives and stop doing evil things, I will change my mind and not bring on them the disaster I planned.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord felt sorry for the people. He did not do what he said he might do—he did not destroy them.

Psalm 78:38

But God was merciful. He forgave their sins and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger. He never let it get out of control.

Amos 7:3

Then the Lord changed his mind about this. The Lord said, “It will not happen.”

Jonah 3:10

God saw what the people did. He saw that they stopped doing evil. So God changed his mind and did not do what he planned. He did not punish the people.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah tried to run away from the Lord. He went to Joppa and found a boat that was going to the faraway city of Tarshish. Jonah paid money for the trip and went on the boat. He wanted to travel with the people on this boat to Tarshish and run away from the Lord.

1 Kings 19:4

and walked for a whole day into the desert. Then he sat down under a bush and asked to die. He said, “I have had enough, Lord! Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Amos 7:6

Then the Lord changed his mind about this. The Lord GOD said, “It will not happen either.”

Psalm 90:13

Lord, come back to us. Be kind to your servants.

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who is my neighbor?”

Jeremiah 20:7

Lord, you tricked me, and I certainly was fooled. You are stronger than I am, so you won. I have become a joke. People laugh at me and make fun of me all day long.

Deuteronomy 4:31

The Lord your God is a merciful God! He will not leave you there or destroy you completely. He will not forget the agreement that he made with your ancestors.

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is kind and merciful. He is patient and full of love.

Jeremiah 26:13

You people, change your lives! You must start doing good! You must obey the Lord your God. If you do that, he will change his mind. He will not do the bad things he told you about.

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you will stay in Judah, I will make you strong—I will not destroy you. I will plant you, and I will not pull you up. I will do this because I am sad about the terrible things that I made happen to you.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? Maybe God will stop being angry and change his mind, and we will not be punished.