Amos 7:6

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said, “I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—both man and beast, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he prepared to destroy it, the Lord looked and relented from the calamity. And He said to the angel bringing the destruction, “It is enough. Remove your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 106:45

For their sake He remembered His covenant, and relented according to the greatness of His mercy.

Psalm 135:14

For the Lord will vindicate His people, and He will have compassion on His servants.

Psalm 78:38

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger, and did not stir up all His wrath;

Psalm 90:13

Return, O  Lord! How long? Have compassion on Your servants!

Exodus 32:14

Then the Lord relented of the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the Lord, and the Lord relented of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? Thus we might procure great evil against ourselves.”

Jeremiah 42:10

If you will still abide in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up; for I will relent of the disaster that I have brought on you.

Joel 2:13

Rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents from punishing.

Amos 7:3

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

Amos 7:7

This is what He showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall made using a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways, He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O  Lord! Is this not what I said while I was still in my own land? This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

Judges 10:16

They removed the foreign gods from among them and worshipped the Lord, and He could no longer endure the suffering of Israel.

Judges 2:18

When the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge, for their groaning before their oppressors and tormentors grieved the Lord.