Jonah 3:10

Legacy Standard Bible

Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, so God relented concerning the evil which He had spoken He would bring upon them. And He did not bring it upon them.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, Yahweh saw and relented concerning the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough! Now relax your hand.” And the angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Exodus 32:14

So Yahweh relented concerning the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will receive compassion.

Isaiah 30:18

¶Therefore Yahweh waits with longing to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Jeremiah 18:7

At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to tear down, or to make it perish;

Jeremiah 18:8

but if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to do against it.

Jeremiah 36:3

Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I devise to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I have relented of the calamity that I have done against you.

Joel 2:13

And tear your heart and not your garments.” Now return to Yahweh your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness, And relenting concerning evil.

Amos 7:3

Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said Yahweh.

Amos 7:6

Yahweh relented concerning this. “This too shall not be,” said Lord Yahweh.

Jonah 4:11

So should I not have pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning evil.

Luke 11:32

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Luke 15:20

So he rose up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.