Jonah 4:2

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 86:15

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

Psalm 145:8

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

Psalm 86:5

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

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,

Jeremiah 18:8

but if that nation against whom I have decreed turns from its evil, then I will have a change of heart regarding the evil which I have decreed.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Psalm 78:38

But God being compassionate forgave their sin; he did not utterly destroy them. Time and again he turned back his anger, unwilling to unleash all his rage.

Amos 7:3

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

Jonah 3:10

When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish, away from the Lord. He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down in it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.

1 Kings 19:4

and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death: “Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”

Amos 7:6

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

Psalm 90:13

Relent, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!

Luke 10:29

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

Jeremiah 20:7

You seduced me, Lord, and I let myself be seduced; you were too strong for me, and you prevailed. All day long I am an object of laughter; everyone mocks me.

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.

Psalm 103:8

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

Jeremiah 26:13

Now, therefore, reform your ways and your deeds; listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so that the Lord will have a change of heart regarding the evil he has spoken against you.

Jeremiah 42:10

If indeed you will remain in this land, I will build you up, and not tear you down; I will plant you, not uproot you; for I repent of the evil I have done you.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may again repent and turn from his blazing wrath, so that we will not perish.”