Jonah 3:10

American Standard Version (1901)

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

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  • Jer 18:8 : 8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
  • Amos 7:6 : 6 Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Exod 32:14 : 14 And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
  • Amos 7:3 : 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
  • Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke] : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
  • Luke 11:32 : 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 3:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

    9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  • Exod 32:14
    81%

    14And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

  • Jer 26:3
    79%

    3It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

  • Jer 18:8
    79%

    8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

  • Amos 7:3
    78%

    3Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

    11Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

  • Gen 6:6-7
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    76%

    6And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

    7And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Amos 7:6
    74%

    6Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Jer 26:13
    74%

    13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

  • Ps 78:38
    73%

    38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

  • Joel 2:13-14
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    73%

    13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

    14Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?

  • Jonah 4:2
    71%

    2And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

  • Job 34:27
    70%

    27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Dan 9:14
    69%

    14Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

  • Ps 106:45
    69%

    45And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

  • Ezek 33:19
    69%

    19And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

  • Lam 3:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

    33For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

  • 1 Kgs 8:47
    69%

    47yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

  • Jer 3:5
    68%

    5Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.

  • 2 Cor 7:10
    68%

    10For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, [a repentance] which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

  • Isa 3:9
    68%

    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • Exod 32:12
    68%

    12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

  • Neh 9:17
    68%

    17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

  • Zech 8:14
    68%

    14For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;

  • 2 Chr 6:37
    68%

    37yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

  • Rom 2:4
    68%

    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  • Num 23:19
    68%

    19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

  • Jer 36:7
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    7It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people. [

  • Jer 42:10
    68%

    10If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

  • Lam 3:40
    68%

    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

  • Gen 18:20
    68%

    20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

  • Gen 18:30
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    30And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • Jonah 3:5
    68%

    5And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

  • Ps 78:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

    11And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

  • Gen 18:32
    68%

    32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

  • Jonah 1:14
    68%

    14Wherefore they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We beseech thee, O Jehovah, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for thou, O Jehovah, hast done as it pleased thee.

  • Rev 9:21
    68%

    21and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

  • Acts 8:22
    68%

    22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.