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Psalms 86:15
But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
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Nehemiah 9:31
However, in Your abundant compassion, You did not destroy them or abandon them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
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Psalms 78:38
Yet He was compassionate; He atoned for their guilt and did not destroy them. He often turned His anger aside and did not unleash all His wrath.
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Luke 1:50
His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.
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Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, removing iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not hold on to His anger forever, because He delights in faithful love.He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
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Malachi 3:6
“ Because I, Yahweh, have not changed, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
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Psalms 106:45
remembered His covenant with them, and relented according to the riches of His faithful love.
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Ezekiel 20:8-9
“ But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them threw away the detestable things that were before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them, exhausting My anger against them within the land of Egypt.But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made Myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.
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Ezra 9:8-9
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from Yahweh our God to preserve a remnant for us and give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us new life and light to our eyes.Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings, giving us new life, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Psalms 77:8
Has His faithful love ceased forever? Is His promise at an end for all generations?
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Ezra 9:13-15
After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt— though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive—should we break Your commands again and intermarry with the peoples who commit these detestable practices? Wouldn’t You become so angry with us that You would destroy us, leaving no survivors?Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before You with our guilt, though no one can stand in Your presence because of this.
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Ezekiel 20:13-14
“ But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances— the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
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Ezekiel 20:21-22
“ But the children rebelled against Me. They did not follow My statutes or carefully keep My ordinances— the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them and exhausting My anger against them in the wilderness.But I withheld My hand and acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I brought them out.
