Exodus 32:14

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Then the LORD relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 106:45 : 45 He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
  • 2 Sam 24:16 : 16 When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people,“That’s enough! Stop now!”(Now the LORD’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
  • Jonah 3:10 : 10 When God saw their actions– that they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
  • 1 Chr 21:15 : 15 God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the LORD watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying,“That’s enough! Stop now!” Now the LORD’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  • Jer 18:8 : 8 But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.
  • Jer 26:13 : 13 But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the LORD your God. If you do, the LORD will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.
  • Jer 26:19 : 19 King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the LORD and seek the LORD’s favor? Did not the LORD forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves.”
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear your hearts, not just your garments!” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.
  • Deut 32:26 : 26 The Weakness of Other Gods“I said,‘I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 3:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

    10When God saw their actions– that they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.

  • Exod 32:9-13
    5 verses
    81%

    9Then the LORD said to Moses:“I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!

    10So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

    12Why should the Egyptians say,‘For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them,‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.’”

  • Amos 7:3
    79%

    3The LORD decided not to do this.“It will not happen,” the LORD said.

  • Gen 6:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

    7So the LORD said,“I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth– everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

  • Jer 18:8
    77%

    8But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

  • Ps 135:14
    77%

    14For the LORD vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants.

  • Amos 7:6
    75%

    6The LORD decided not to do this. The Sovereign LORD said,“This will not happen either.”

  • Jer 18:10
    74%

    10But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.

  • Zech 8:14
    74%

    14“For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘As I had planned to hurt you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,‘and I was not sorry,

  • Jer 26:3
    74%

    3Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.

  • Jer 26:13
    74%

    13But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the LORD your God. If you do, the LORD will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.

  • Ps 106:45
    74%

    45He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

  • Num 14:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”

    20Then the LORD said,“I have forgiven them as you asked.

  • Exod 32:30-33
    4 verses
    72%

    30The next day Moses said to the people,“You have committed a very serious sin, but now I will go up to the LORD– perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin.”

    31So Moses returned to the LORD and said,“Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

    32But now, if you will forgive their sin…, but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written.”

    33The LORD said to Moses,“Whoever has sinned against me– that person I will wipe out of my book.

  • Deut 1:34
    72%

    34Judgment at Kadesh Barnea When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

  • Exod 5:22
    71%

    22The Assurance of Deliverance Moses returned to the LORD, and said,“Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?

  • Deut 32:19
    71%

    19A Word of Judgment But the LORD took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.

  • Exod 10:16
    71%

    16Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said,“I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you!

  • Deut 32:36
    71%

    36The LORD will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.

  • Joel 2:18
    71%

    18The LORD’s Response Then the LORD became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.

  • Ps 78:38
    71%

    38Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

  • 2 Sam 24:16
    70%

    16When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people,“That’s enough! Stop now!”(Now the LORD’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

  • Exod 32:15
    70%

    15Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides– they were written on the front and on the back.

  • Exod 32:7
    70%

    7The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

  • Jonah 4:2
    70%

    2He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

  • Num 32:10
    70%

    10So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

  • Judg 21:15
    70%

    15The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the LORD had weakened the Israelite tribes.

  • Exod 14:5
    70%

    5When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”

  • Deut 9:27
    70%

    27Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

  • Joel 2:13
    70%

    13Tear your hearts, not just your garments!” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.

  • Exod 9:27
    70%

    27So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them,“I have sinned this time! The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.

  • Exod 32:35
    70%

    35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf– the one Aaron made.

  • Num 32:15
    69%

    15For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction.”