Jonah 4:2 Cross References

Jonah 4:2

2: 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 were a gracious and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. I knew how easily you could cancel your plans for destroying these people.

Psalms 86:15

  1. But you, O Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love and truth.

Joel 2:13

  1. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.
  2. Who knows? Perhaps even yet he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this terrible curse. Perhaps he will give you so much that you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before!

Exodus 34:6

  1. He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
  2. I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."

Numbers 14:18

  1. `The LORD is slow to anger and rich in unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so he does not leave sin unpunished, but he punishes the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.'
  2. Please pardon the sins of this people because of your magnificent, unfailing love, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."

Jonah 1:3

  1. But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction in order to get away from the LORD. He went down to the seacoast, to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping that by going away to the west he could escape from the LORD.

Psalms 145:8

  1. The LORD is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.

Micah 7:18

  1. Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.

Psalms 86:5

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

1 Kings 19:4

  1. Then he went on alone into the desert, 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."

Jonah 3:10

  1. When God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn't carry out the destruction he had threatened.

Exodus 32:14

  1. So the LORD withdrew his threat and didn't bring against his people the disaster he had threatened.

Hosea 11:8

  1. "Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.
  2. No, I will not punish you as much as my burning anger tells me to. I will not completely destroy Israel, for I am God and not a mere mortal. I am the Holy One living among you, and I will not come to destroy.

Amos 7:3

  1. So the LORD relented and did not fulfill the vision. "I won't do it," he said.

Psalms 90:13

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

Psalms 78:38

  1. Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and didn't destroy them all. Many a time he held back his anger and did not unleash his fury!

Luke 10:29

  1. The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Amos 7:6

  1. Then the LORD turned from this plan, too. "I won't do that either," said the Sovereign LORD.

Jeremiah 18:8

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

Jeremiah 20:7

  1. O LORD, you persuaded me, and I allowed myself to be persuaded. You are stronger than I am, and you overpowered me. Now I am mocked by everyone in the city.
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