Jonah 4:2

New American Standard Bible 2020

Then he prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was this not what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

Psalm 145:8

¶The Lord is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in mercy.

Psalm 78:38

But He, being compassionate, forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.

Psalm 86:15

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

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.

Psalm 90:13

¶Do return, Lord; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord relented of the harm which He said He would do to His people.

Jeremiah 18:8

if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.

Jeremiah 20:7

¶Lord, You persuaded me and I let myself be persuaded; You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.

Jeremiah 26:13

Now then, reform your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will relent of the disaster which He has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent of the disaster that I have inflicted on you.

Amos 7:3

The Lord relented of this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

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

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their evil way, then God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would bring on them. So He did not do it.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

Luke 10:29

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

Deuteronomy 4:31

For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not abandon you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.