Genesis 19:16

New American Bible - revised edition

When he hesitated, the men, because of the Lord’s compassion for him, seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters and led them to safety outside the city.

Cross References

Genesis 19:15

As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “Come on! Take your wife with you and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Genesis 43:10

Had we not delayed, we could have been there and back twice by now!”

1 Chronicles 16:34

Give thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose love endures forever;

Psalm 103:13

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

Psalm 106:1

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose mercy endures forever.

Psalm 106:8

Yet he saved them for his name’s sake to make his power known.

Psalm 107:1

“Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his mercy endures forever!”

Psalm 111:4

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

Psalm 118:1

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endures forever.

Psalm 119:60

I am prompt, I do not hesitate in observing your commandments.

Psalm 136:1

Praise the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever;

Psalm 32:10

Many are the sorrows of the wicked one, but mercy surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear him, upon those who count on his mercy,

Psalm 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive through famine.

Psalm 34:12

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you fear of the Lord.

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 34:6

So the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: The Lord, the Lord, a God gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in love and fidelity,

Exodus 34:7

continuing his love for a thousand generations, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion, and sin; yet not declaring the guilty guiltless, but bringing punishment for their parents’ wickedness on children and children’s children to the third and fourth generation!

Isaiah 63:9

in their every affliction. It was not an envoy or a messenger, but his presence that saved them. Because of his love and pity the Lord redeemed them, Lifting them up and carrying them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

The Lord’s acts of mercy are not exhausted, his compassion is not spent;

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 18:13

But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’

John 6:44

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day.

Romans 9:18

Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,

Deuteronomy 4:31

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.

Deuteronomy 5:15

Remember that you too were once slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord, your God, brought you out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the Lord, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 6:21

you shall say to your son, “We were once slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand

Deuteronomy 7:8

It was because the Lord loved you and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn to your ancestors, that the Lord brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

Titus 3:5

not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit,

Joshua 6:22

To the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring out the woman with all her family, as you swore to her you would do.”

2 Peter 2:7

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man oppressed by the licentious conduct of unprincipled people

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the devout from trial and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,