Isaiah 57:16

Tree of Life Version

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then Adonai said, “My Spirit will not remain with humankind forever, since they are flesh. So their days will be 120 years.

2 Samuel 24:16

When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Adonai relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Now withdraw your hand.” The angel of Adonai was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Job 12:10

In His hand is the life of every creature, and the breath of all the human race.

Psalm 85:5

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and renounce Your indignation with us.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Isaiah 27:8

You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore Adonai is longing to be gracious to you. Thus He will be exalted, so He may have mercy on you. For Adonai is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, Adonai, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it, and Ruach to those who walk in it—

Isaiah 64:8

Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people!

Jeremiah 10:24

Chasten me, Adonai, but with justice, not in Your anger, lest You reduce me to nothing.

Jeremiah 3:5

Would He keep a grudge forever? Would He keep it to the end?’ So you said—yet you have done all the evil things you could.”

Jeremiah 38:16

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying: “As Adonai lives, that gave us life, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men seeking your life.”

Ezekiel 18:4

Behold, every living soul is Mine—the soul of father as well as the soul of son—both are Mine. Behold, the soul who sins is the one who will die.

Amos 1:11

Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of Edom even for four, I will not relent. For he pursued his brother with a sword and stifled his compassion. For his anger tore continually, and he kept his wrath forever.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You pardoning iniquity, overlooking transgression, for the remnant of His heritage? He will not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of Adonai concerning Israel. A declaration of Adonai, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

Numbers 16:22

But they fell on their faces and cried out, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, if one man sins, will you be angry with the entire community?”

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we are used to having human fathers as instructors—and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?