Jonah 3:9

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:22

He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

Psalm 106:45

He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Psalm 85:3

You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.

Psalm 90:13

Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

Jeremiah 26:13

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the LORD your God’s voice; then the LORD will relent from the evil that he has pronounced against you.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Jonah 1:15

So they took up Jonah and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

Jonah 1:6

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD’s anger.

1 Samuel 6:5

Therefore you shall make images of your tumours and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.