Verse 2

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
  • Joel 2:13-14 : 13 Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment. 14 May it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
  • Num 14:18-19 : 18 The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation. 19 May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.
  • Exod 32:14 : 14 So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.
  • Ps 90:13 : 13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
  • Jer 18:8 : 8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.
  • Jer 20:7 : 7 O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.
  • Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity. 9 I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.
  • Amos 7:3 : 3 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.
  • Amos 7:6 : 6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.
  • Jonah 3:10 : 10 And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?