Psalms 103:13

World English Bible (2000)

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Yahweh.
  • Luke 11:11-12 : 11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; 6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children. 9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. 11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
  • Ps 103:17 : 17 But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
  • Prov 3:12 : 12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
  • Isa 63:15-16 : 15 Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me. 16 For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Luke 15:21-22 : 21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name. 17 They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  • Num 11:12 : 12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?'
  • Deut 3:5 : 5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
  • Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

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  • Ps 103:8-12
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    8 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

    9 He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.

    10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.

    11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

    12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

  • 14 For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

  • Ps 103:17-18
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    17 But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children;

    18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.

  • 11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

  • 50 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

  • 26 In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

  • Mic 7:18-19
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    18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

    19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  • 5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

  • 18 Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;

  • Lam 3:32-33
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    32 For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

    33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

  • 13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

  • 12 for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

  • 11 Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

  • 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

  • 4 Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.

  • 8 Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

  • Ps 111:4-5
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    4 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.

    5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.

  • Ps 103:3-4
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    3 who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

    4 who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;

  • 31 for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

  • 3 Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

  • 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

  • 3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

  • 4 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

  • Ps 106:45-46
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    45 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

    46 He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.

  • 7 How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

  • 11 You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

  • 19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

  • 15 Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.

  • 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

  • 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

  • 18 who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;

  • 19 "But I said, 'How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!' and I said, 'You shall call me "My Father," and shall not turn away from following me.'

  • 18 'Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'

  • 13 Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

  • 5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

  • 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

  • 23 The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

  • 3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

  • 1 Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.

  • 36 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.