Numbers 14:18

Modern English Version

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.’

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and were not mindful of Your wonders that You performed among them. But they hardened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in kindness, and did not forsake them.

Job 21:19

God stores up their iniquity for their children; let Him reward the people themselves, and they will know it.

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

Psalm 108:4

For Your mercy is great above the heavens, and Your truth reaches to the clouds.

Psalm 109:14

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy.

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 86:15

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

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them who hate Me,

Exodus 20:6

and showing mercy to thousands of them who love Me and keep My commandments.

Jeremiah 23:2

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds that feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away and have not visited them. Behold, I will punish you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:18

You show lovingkindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The Lord of Hosts is His name,

Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their iniquities.

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.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

Numbers 14:17

“So now, I pray, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

Numbers 23:21

“He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen perverseness in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Romans 5:21

so that just as sin reigned in death, grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:10

but showing mercy to thousands of them who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:9

you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Deuteronomy 7:10

yet He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him. He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with them who love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations,