Romans 2:4 Cross References

Romans 2:4

4: Don't you realize how kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Or don't you care? Can't you see how kind he has been in giving you time to turn from your sin?

2 Peter 3:9

  1. The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent.

Isaiah 30:18

  1. But the LORD still waits for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for him to help them.

Romans 9:22

  1. God has every right to exercise his judgment and his power, but he also has the right to be very patient with those who are the objects of his judgment and are fit only for destruction.
  2. He also has the right to pour out the riches of his glory upon those he prepared to be the objects of his mercy--

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.

Ephesians 2:7

  1. And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:18

  1. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.

Romans 3:25

  1. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.

Titus 3:4

  1. But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
  2. He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
  3. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.

Ephesians 1:7

  1. He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven.

1 Peter 3:20

  1. those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

Romans 11:22

  1. Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe to those who disobeyed, but kind to you as you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off.

Psalms 86:15

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

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.

2 Peter 3:15

  1. And remember, the Lord is waiting so that people have time to be saved. This is just as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him--

Romans 11:33

  1. Oh, what a wonderful God we have! How great are his riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his methods!

Romans 6:15

  1. So since God's grace has set us free from the law, does this mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

Colossians 1:27

  1. For it has pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you will share in his glory.

Psalms 130:3

  1. LORD, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?
  2. But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.

Luke 19:5

  1. When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. "Zacchaeus!" he said. "Quick, come down! For I must be a guest in your home today."
  2. Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
  3. But the crowds were displeased. "He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner," they grumbled.
  4. Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have overcharged people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!"

Ecclesiastes 8:11

  1. When a crime is not punished, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

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!

Isaiah 63:7

  1. I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love. I will praise the LORD for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love.
  2. He said, "They are my very own people. Surely they will not be false again." And he became their Savior.
  3. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.
  4. But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. That is why he became their enemy and fought against them.

Romans 10:12

  1. Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They all have the same Lord, who generously gives his riches to all who ask for them.

Romans 6:1

  1. Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness?

2 Peter 3:3

  1. First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire.

Jonah 4:2

  1. 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.

Job 33:27

  1. He will declare to his friends, `I sinned, but it was not worth it.
  2. God rescued me from the grave, and now my life is filled with light.'
  3. "Yes, God often does these things for people.
  4. He rescues them from the grave so they may live in the light of the living.

Psalms 10:11

  1. The wicked say to themselves, "God isn't watching! He will never notice!"

Ezekiel 16:63

  1. You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silence and shame when I forgive you of all that you have done, says the Sovereign LORD."

Jeremiah 3:22

  1. "My wayward children," says the LORD, "come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.Yes, we will come," the people reply, "for you are the LORD our God.
  2. Our worship of idols and our religious orgies on the hills and mountains are completely false. Only in the LORD our God will Israel ever find salvation.

Psalms 104:24

  1. O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.

1 Timothy 6:17

  1. Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

Ezekiel 12:22

  1. "Son of man, what is that proverb they quote in Israel: `Time passes, making a liar of every prophet'?
  2. Give the people this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it. Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: `The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!'

Colossians 2:2

  1. My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself.

Ephesians 3:8

  1. Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.

Jeremiah 7:10

  1. and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?

Ephesians 2:4

  1. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,

Luke 15:17

  1. "When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger!
  2. I will go home to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
  3. and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired man."'

Jeremiah 3:12

  1. Therefore, go and say these words to Israel, `This is what the LORD says: O Israel, my faithless people, come home to me again, for I am merciful. I will not be angry with you forever.
  2. Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to follow me. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"

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.'

Philippians 4:19

  1. And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 24:48

  1. But if the servant is evil and thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,'
  2. and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--

Revelation 3:20

  1. "Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends.

1 Timothy 1:16

  1. But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.

Ephesians 3:16

  1. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit.

Hosea 3:5

  1. But afterward the people will return to the LORD their God and to David's descendant, their king. They will come trembling in awe to the LORD, and they will receive his good gifts in the last days.
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