Psalms 103:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

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  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
  • Ps 145:8 : 8 The LORD is merciful and compassionate; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
  • 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.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
  • 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.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
  • Num 14:18 : 18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’
  • Isa 55:7 : 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Ps 130:7 : 7 O Israel, hope in the LORD, for the LORD exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver.
  • Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace 8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more, 21 so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Deut 5:10 : 10 but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 145:7-9
    3 verses
    92%

    7They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

    8The LORD is merciful and compassionate; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

    9The LORD is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.

  • Ps 103:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

    10He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

    11For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

  • Ps 86:15
    82%

    15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

  • Num 14:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’

    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.”

  • Exod 34:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

    7keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”

  • Ps 116:5
    79%

    5The LORD is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

  • Ps 111:4
    77%

    4He does amazing things that will be remembered; the LORD is merciful and compassionate.

  • Mic 7:18
    77%

    18Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?

  • Nah 1:3
    77%

    3The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.

  • Ps 78:38
    77%

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

  • Ps 103:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17But the LORD continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

    18to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands.

  • Ps 103:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,

    4who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

  • Ps 103:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.

    7The LORD revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites.

  • Lam 3:32
    74%

    32Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

  • Ps 86:5
    74%

    5Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

  • Isa 63:7
    73%

    7A Prayer for Divine Intervention I will tell of the faithful acts of the LORD, of the LORD’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the LORD did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

  • Deut 5:10
    72%

    10but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

  • Exod 33:19
    72%

    19And the LORD said,“I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the LORD by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”

  • Ps 107:1
    72%

    1Book 5(Psalms 107-150) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

  • Ps 106:45
    72%

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

  • Lam 3:22
    72%

    22ח(Khet) The LORD’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.

  • Ps 100:5
    72%

    5For the LORD is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.

  • Ps 117:2
    72%

    2For his loyal love towers over us, and the LORD’s faithfulness endures. Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 103:13
    72%

    13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on his faithful followers.

  • Exod 20:6
    71%

    6and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

  • Ps 51:1
    71%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts!

  • Ps 25:10
    71%

    10The LORD always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

  • Neh 9:31
    71%

    31However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

  • Ps 107:8
    71%

    8Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

  • Ps 118:29
    71%

    29Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

  • Jer 32:18
    71%

    18You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Ps 33:5
    71%

    5He promotes equity and justice; the LORD’s faithfulness extends throughout the earth.

  • Isa 30:18
    70%

    18The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

  • Ps 106:1
    70%

    1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

  • 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.

  • Ps 77:9
    70%

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

  • Ps 57:10
    70%

    10For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.

  • Ps 118:1
    70%

    1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures!

  • Ps 79:8
    70%

    8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

  • Dan 9:9
    70%

    9Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

  • Ps 36:5
    70%

    5O LORD, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.