Verse 8

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

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 145:8 : 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
  • 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.
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
  • Joel 2:13 : 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.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 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.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
  • 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.
  • Num 14:18 : 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.
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You have mercy on thousands, and send punishment for the evil-doing of the fathers on their children after them: the great, the strong God, the Lord of armies is his name:
  • Ps 130:7 : 7 O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Deut 5:10 : 10 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.