Lamentations 3:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.

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  • 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 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.
  • Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
  • Ps 106:45 : 45 And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
  • Neh 9:31 : 31 Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
  • Ezra 9:13-15 : 13 And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here; 14 Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe? 15 O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
  • Ezek 20:8-9 : 8 But they would not be controlled by me, and did not give ear to me; they did not put away the disgusting things to which their eyes were turned, or give up the images of Egypt: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the land of Egypt. 9 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 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. 19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
  • Ezek 20:13-14 : 13 But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them. 14 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.
  • Ezra 9:8-9 : 8 And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains. 9 For we are servants; but our God has not been turned away from us in our prison, but has had mercy on us before the eyes of the kings of Persia, to give us new strength to put up again the house of our God and to make fair its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Ps 77:8 : 8 Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?
  • Ezek 20:21-22 : 21 But the children would not be controlled by me; they were not guided by my rules, and they did not keep and do my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said I would let loose my passion on them to give full effect to my wrath against them in the waste land. 22 And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

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