Psalm 78:38

New International Version

Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.

2 Kings 21:20

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

Psalm 99:8

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

Isaiah 48:9

For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely.

Ezekiel 20:17

Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the wilderness.

Hosea 11:9

I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.

Amos 7:3

So the Lord relented. “This will not happen,” the Lord said.

Amos 7:6

So the Lord relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.