Jonah 3:10

Webster's Bible (1833)

God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God repented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he didn't do it.

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  • Jer 18:8 : 8 if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
  • Amos 7:6 : 6 Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Exod 32:14 : 14 Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
  • Amos 7:3 : 3 Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me. 28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'
  • Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus], You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 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.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you repent of the evil.
  • Luke 11:32 : 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 3:8-9
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    83%

    8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.

    9Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"

  • Exod 32:14
    81%

    14Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

  • Jer 26:3
    79%

    3It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.

  • Jer 18:8
    79%

    8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

  • Amos 7:3
    78%

    3Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," says Yahweh.

  • Jer 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

    11Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.

  • Gen 6:6-7
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    76%

    6Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

    7Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

  • Amos 7:6
    74%

    6Yahweh relented concerning this. "This also shall not be," says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Jer 26:13
    74%

    13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

  • Ps 78:38
    73%

    38But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.

  • Joel 2:13-14
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    73%

    13Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.

    14Who knows? He may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind him, Even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

  • Jonah 4:2
    71%

    2He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you repent of the evil.

  • Job 34:27
    70%

    27Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18Lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Dan 9:14
    69%

    14Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.

  • Ps 106:45
    69%

    45He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

  • Ezek 33:19
    69%

    19When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

  • Lam 3:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:47
    69%

    47yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

  • Jer 3:5
    68%

    5Will he retain [his anger] forever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.

  • 2 Cor 7:10
    68%

    10For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

  • Isa 3:9
    68%

    9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Exod 32:12
    68%

    12Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.

  • Neh 9:17
    68%

    17and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.

  • Zech 8:14
    68%

    14For thus says Yahweh of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I didn't repent;

  • 2 Chr 6:37
    68%

    37yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

  • Rom 2:4
    68%

    4Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

  • Num 23:19
    68%

    19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

  • Jer 36:7
    68%

    7It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.

  • Jer 42:10
    68%

    10If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.

  • Lam 3:40
    68%

    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

  • Gen 18:20
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    20Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

  • Gen 18:30
    68%

    30He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

  • Jonah 3:5
    68%

    5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

  • Ps 78:10-11
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    68%

    10They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.

    11They forgot his doings, His wondrous works that he had shown them.

  • Gen 18:32
    68%

    32He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

  • Jonah 1:14
    68%

    14Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you."

  • Rev 9:21
    68%

    21They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries,{The word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs} nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

  • Acts 8:22
    68%

    22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.