Psalm 78:38

New King James Version

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

2 Kings 21:20

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.

Psalm 99:8

You answered them, O Lord our God; You were to them God-Who-Forgives, Though You took vengeance on their deeds.

Isaiah 48:9

“For My name’s sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off.

Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless My eye spared them from destruction. I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror.

Amos 7:3

So the Lord relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

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