2 Peter 3:9

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The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wanting any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

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  • 1 Tim 2:4 : 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
  • Heb 10:37 : 37 For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God who is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  • Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 They were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him.
  • Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the foremost of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
  • Rev 2:21 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring My righteousness near; it is not far off, and My salvation will not delay. I will grant salvation to Zion and My glory to Israel.
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
  • Exod 18:23 : 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to endure, and all these people will go home satisfied and at peace.
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written."
  • Exod 33:11 : 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua, son of Nun, did not leave the tent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Pet 3:6-8
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    82%

    6Through these, the world of that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

    7But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.

    8But do not let this one thing escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

  • 2 Pet 3:10-15
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    76%

    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

    11Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

    12Looking forward to and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with intense heat.

    13But according to His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

    14Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

    15And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him.

  • Rom 2:4-5
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    4Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

    5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

  • Heb 10:36-37
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    36You need endurance so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

    37For yet in a very little while, the One who is coming will come and will not delay.

  • 2 Pet 3:2-4
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    2to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior communicated through your apostles.

    3First of all, you should understand that in the last days, mockers will come, following their own evil desires,

    4and they will say, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, everything continues just as it has from the beginning of creation.'

  • Acts 17:30
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    30In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

  • Acts 3:19
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    19Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.

  • Jas 5:7-8
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    7Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

    8You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.

  • Jonah 3:9
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    9Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  • 1 Tim 2:4
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    4who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  • 2 Thess 1:8-9
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    8In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

    9They will be punished with eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.

  • 1 Thess 5:9
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    9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Num 14:18
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    18'The LORD is slow to anger, abundant in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion; yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers' iniquity upon the children to the third and fourth generation.'

  • 2 Pet 2:9
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    9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

  • 1 Pet 3:20
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    20They were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it, only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water.

  • Heb 6:11-12
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    11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized.

    12Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

  • Rom 9:22
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    22What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

  • Isa 30:18
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    18Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

  • Hab 2:3
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Amos 7:3
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    3So the Lord relented concerning this: 'It will not happen,' said the Lord.

  • Nah 1:3
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    3The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; he will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.

  • Rom 1:18
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness.

  • Jas 1:19
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    19My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.

  • 1 Thess 1:10
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    10And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

  • Jude 1:15
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    15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

  • Ps 90:13
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    13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Titus 2:11
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    11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

  • Isa 13:9
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    9See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and to destroy the sinners within it.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • Lam 3:22
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    22Because of the LORD’s steadfast love we are not consumed, for His mercies never end.

  • Ps 145:8
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    8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in steadfast love.

  • Jude 1:21
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    21keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

  • Heb 4:1
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    1Therefore, let us be cautious lest any of you seem to have fallen short of the promise of entering His rest.