Jonah 3:9

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

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  • 2 Sam 12:22 : 22 David answered, 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.''
  • Ps 106:45 : 45 He remembered His covenant with them and relented according to the abundance of His lovingkindness.
  • Joel 2:13-14 : 13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity. 14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing—grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice at the gate. Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
  • Jonah 1:6 : 6 The captain came to him and said, "What are you doing, sound asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps your god will consider us, so that we will not perish."
  • Luke 15:18-20 : 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’ 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him.

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  • Jonah 3:10
    83%

    10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He relented and did not bring upon them the disaster He had threatened.

  • Jonah 3:8
    80%

    8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.

  • Joel 2:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12 Even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

    13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity.

    14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing—grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

  • Jer 26:3
    77%

    3 Perhaps they will listen and turn, each one, from their evil ways. Then I will relent concerning the disaster that I plan to bring on them because of the evil they have done.

  • Lam 3:39-40
    2 verses
    75%

    39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

    40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

  • Jer 18:8
    74%

    8 But if that nation I have warned repents of its evil, then I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to bring upon it.

  • Amos 7:3
    74%

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

  • Ps 90:11
    74%

    11 Who knows the power of your anger? For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.

  • Ps 85:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 You have withdrawn all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger.

    5 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your anger toward us.

  • Jonah 4:2
    72%

    2 And he prayed to the LORD, saying, 'O LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from sending calamity.

  • Job 9:13
    72%

    13 God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him.

  • Jer 36:7
    72%

    7 Perhaps they will bring their plea before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way, for great are the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.

  • Rom 2:4
    72%

    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?

  • 2 Chr 29:10
    71%

    10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • Exod 32:14
    71%

    14 So the LORD relented concerning the disaster He had said He would bring on His people.

  • Gen 6:6
    71%

    6 The Lord regretted that He had made humanity on the earth, and it deeply grieved Him.

  • Jer 26:13
    71%

    13 'Now, therefore, amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent concerning the disaster that He has pronounced against you.'

  • Jonah 3:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

    6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

  • 1 Kgs 8:47
    71%

    47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';

  • Ps 90:13
    70%

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

  • 2 Pet 3:9
    70%

    9 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.

  • Ps 80:3-4
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    3 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken your might; come to save us!

    4 God, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved.

  • Job 27:9
    70%

    9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

  • Jer 4:8
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    8 For this, put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.

  • Lam 5:21
    70%

    21 Restore us to yourself, LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old.

  • Acts 8:22
    70%

    22 Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such thoughts in your heart.

  • Jonah 1:14
    70%

    14 Then they cried out to the Lord, saying, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish for taking this man's life, and do not hold us accountable for innocent blood. For you, Lord, have done as you pleased."

  • 2 Chr 6:37
    70%

    37 and they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, and we have acted wickedly.'

  • Ezra 9:14
    70%

    14 shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor?

  • Dan 9:9
    70%

    9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

  • Neh 9:32
    70%

    32 Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps His covenant and steadfast love, do not let the hardship that has come upon us—on our kings, leaders, priests, prophets, ancestors, and on all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today—seem insignificant to You.

  • Gen 18:30
    70%

    30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.'

  • Isa 55:7
    69%

    7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

  • Jer 3:5
    69%

    5 Will you always be angry? Will you remain so forever? This is what you say, but you do all the evil you can.

  • Dan 9:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and gaining insight into Your truth.

    14 Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

  • Nah 1:6
    69%

    6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.

  • Mic 7:18
    69%

    18 Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.

  • Nah 3:7
    69%

    7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'

  • Amos 7:6
    69%

    6 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'This will not happen either,' said the Lord God.

  • Job 15:13
    69%

    13 That you turn your spirit against God and let words escape from your mouth?