Numbers 14:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • 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.
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have 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.
  • Nah 1:2-3 : 2 The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters. 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.
  • Rom 3:24-26 : 24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 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;
  • Deut 5:9 : 9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;
  • Jer 23:2 : 2 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

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  • Exod 34:6-7
    2 verses
    91%

    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.

  • Num 14:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

    20 And the Lord said, I have had mercy, as you say:

  • Ps 103:8-11
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    80%

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

    9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

    10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

    11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

  • Ps 145:8
    78%

    8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

  • Mic 7:18
    78%

    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.

  • Nah 1:3
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 78:38
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 32:18
    76%

    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:

  • Deut 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

    10 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

  • Exod 20:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;

    6 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.

  • Num 14:17
    74%

    17 So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

  • Ps 86:15
    74%

    15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

  • Ps 103:17
    73%

    17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;

  • Deut 7:9
    72%

    9 Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

  • Lam 3:32
    71%

    32 For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

  • Neh 9:17
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Pet 3:9
    70%

    9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

  • Ps 109:14
    70%

    14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness.

  • Deut 4:31
    70%

    31 Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.

  • Gen 15:16
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    16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.

  • Isa 64:9
    69%

    9 Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

  • Ps 130:3-4
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    69%

    3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

    4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

  • Ps 111:4
    69%

    4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.

  • Neh 9:31
    69%

    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.

  • Ps 25:11
    69%

    11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

  • 1 Kgs 8:50
    69%

    50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

  • Dan 9:9
    69%

    9 With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

  • Rom 2:4
    69%

    4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?

  • Jer 14:20
    69%

    20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

  • Ps 105:8
    68%

    8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

  • Ps 25:7
    68%

    7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

  • Isa 30:18
    68%

    18 For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

  • Ps 116:5
    68%

    5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

  • Ps 135:14
    68%

    14 For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants.

  • Ps 86:5
    68%

    5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.

  • Deut 23:8
    68%

    8 Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.

  • Deut 13:17
    68%

    17 Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:

  • Jer 3:12
    68%

    12 Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

  • Deut 24:16
    68%

    16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

  • Exod 32:14
    68%

    14 So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

  • Exod 33:19
    68%

    19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.