Jonah 4:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “I pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

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 that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.”

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 78:38

Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on thee.

Psalm 90:13

Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on thy servants!

Exodus 32:14

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

Jeremiah 18:8

and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will repent of the evil that I intended to do to it.

Jeremiah 20:7

O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me.

Jeremiah 26:13

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will repent of the evil which he has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 42:10

If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent of the evil which I did to you.

Amos 7:3

The Lord repented concerning this; “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

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

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 3:10

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?”

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.

Luke 10:29

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

Deuteronomy 4:31

for the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers which he swore to them.