Jonah 4:2

New Living Translation

So he complained to the Lord about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, Lord? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

Psalm 78:38

Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and did not destroy them all. Many times he held back his anger and did not unleash his fury!

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.

Psalm 90:13

O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!

Exodus 32:14

So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.

Jeremiah 18:8

but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, you misled me, and I allowed myself to be misled. You are stronger than I am, and you overpowered me. Now I am mocked every day; everyone laughs at me.

Jeremiah 26:13

But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the Lord your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you.

Jeremiah 42:10

‘Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry about all the punishment I have had to bring upon you.

Amos 7:3

So the Lord relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.

Amos 7:6

Then the Lord relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign Lord.

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.

Jonah 3:9

Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

Micah 7:18

Where is another God like you, who pardons the guilt of the remnant, overlooking the sins of his special people? You will not stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing unfailing love.

Luke 10:29

The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Deuteronomy 4:31

For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.