Jonah 4:2

Legacy Standard Bible

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Psalm 103:8

Yahweh is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

Psalm 145:8

¶Yahweh is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

Psalm 78:38

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; And He abounded in turning back His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

Psalm 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Psalm 90:13

¶Return, O Yahweh; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your slaves.

Exodus 32:14

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

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 20:7

¶O Yahweh, You have enticed me, and I was enticed; You were stronger than I, and You prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 26:13

So now, make good your ways and your deeds and listen to the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will relent of the evil demise which He has spoken against you.

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.

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 1:3

Yet Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, and paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

Jonah 3:10

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.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows, God may turn and relent and turn away from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who forgives iniquity And passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not hold fast to His anger forever Because He delights in lovingkindness.

Luke 10:29

But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Deuteronomy 4:31

For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.