Deuteronomy 4:31

New American Bible - revised edition

Since the Lord, your God, is a merciful God, he will not abandon or destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and steadfast, and go to work; do not fear or be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or abandon you before you have completed all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:9

If you return to the Lord, your kinfolk and your children will find mercy with their captors and return to this land. The Lord, your God, is gracious and merciful and he will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”

Nehemiah 1:5

I prayed: “Lord, God of heaven, great and awesome God, you preserve your covenant of mercy with those who love you and keep your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:31

Yet in your great mercy you did not completely destroy them and did not forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalm 103:8

Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger, abounding in mercy.

Psalm 105:8

He remembers forever his covenant, the word he commanded for a thousand generations,

Psalm 111:4

He won renown for his wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the Lord.

Psalm 111:5

He gives food to those who fear him, he remembers his covenant forever.

Psalm 111:9

He sent release to his people, decreed his covenant forever; holy and fearsome is his name.

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

Lord, you are good and forgiving, most merciful to all who call on you.

Exodus 6:8

and I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your own possession—I, the Lord!

Jeremiah 14:21

Do not reject us, for your name’s sake, do not disgrace your glorious throne. Remember! Do not break your covenant with us.

Jeremiah 30:11

for I am with you—oracle of the Lord—to save you. I will bring to an end all the nations among whom I have scattered you; but you I will not bring to an end. I will chastise you as you deserve, I will not let you go unpunished.

Leviticus 26:42

I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac; and also my covenant with Abraham I will remember. The land, too, I will remember.

Leviticus 26:44

Yet even so, even while they are in their enemies’ land, I will not reject or loathe them to the point of wiping them out, thus making void my covenant with them; for I, the Lord, am their God.

Leviticus 26:45

I will remember for them the covenant I made with their forebears, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord, “O Lord, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first toward Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, repenting of punishment.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but instead delights in mercy,

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in kindness, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet certainly not declaring the guilty guiltless, but punishing children to the third and fourth generation for their parents’ iniquity.’

Luke 1:72

to show mercy to our fathers and to be mindful of his holy covenant

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the Lord, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you. Call of Joshua.

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you; he will be with you and will never fail you or forsake you. So do not fear or be dismayed.” The Reading of the Law.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.”

Joshua 1:5

No one can withstand you as long as you live. As I was with Moses, I will be with you: I will not leave you nor forsake you.