Psalm 78:38

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

But when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord changed his mind about the calamity, and said to the angel causing the destruction among the people: Enough now! Stay your hand. The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious with Israel and looked on them with compassion because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was unwilling to destroy them or to cast them out from his presence even up to now.

2 Kings 21:20

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, as his father Manasseh had done.

Psalm 99:8

O Lord, our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, though you punished their offenses.

Isaiah 48:9

For the sake of my name I restrain my anger, for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you, lest I destroy you.

Ezekiel 20:17

But I looked on them with pity, not wanting to destroy them, so I did not put an end to them in the wilderness.

Hosea 11:9

I will not give vent to my blazing anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again; For I am God and not a man, the Holy One present among you; I will not come in wrath.

Amos 7:3

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

Amos 7:6

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