Lamentations 3:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

But though He causes grief, yet He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

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  • Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is kindled together.
  • Ps 106:43-45 : 43 Many times he delivered them, but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry. 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
  • Lam 3:22 : 22 It is because of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
  • Exod 2:23 : 23 Now it happened, in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died. The children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows;
  • Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 The LORD was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and had regard for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, nor cast them from his presence as yet.
  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger lasts only a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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