Romans 2:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
  • Exod 34:6 : 6 and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment `is' Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
  • Rom 3:25 : 25 whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God --
  • Rom 9:22-23 : 22 And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you,
  • Col 1:27 : 27 to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,
  • Col 2:2 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ,
  • Rom 10:12 : 12 for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all `is' rich to all those calling upon Him,
  • Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? 4 But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
  • Rom 6:1 : 1 What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound?
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou `art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?
  • Matt 24:48-49 : 48 `And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come, 49 and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
  • Luke 15:17-19 : 17 `And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing! 18 having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, 19 and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
  • Luke 19:5-8 : 5 And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;' 6 and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing; 7 and having seen `it', they were all murmuring, saying -- `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!' 8 And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'
  • Rom 11:22 : 22 Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;
  • Isa 63:7-9 : 7 The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts. 8 And He saith, Only My people they `are', Sons -- they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour. 9 In all their distress `He is' no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old. 10 And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.
  • Jer 3:12-13 : 12 Go, and thou hast proclaimed these words toward the north, and hast said, Turn back, O backsliding Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah! I cause not Mine anger to fall upon you, For I `am' kind, an affirmation of Jehovah, I watch not to the age. 13 Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Jer 3:22-23 : 22 Turn back, O backsliding sons, I cause your backslidings to cease. -- Behold us, we have come to Thee, For Thou `art' Jehovah our God. 23 Surely in vain from the heights, The multitude of mountains -- Surely in Jehovah our God `is' the salvation of Israel.
  • Jer 7:10 : 10 And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.
  • Ezek 12:22-23 : 22 `Son of man, what `is' this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision? 23 therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the days, And spoken hath every vision.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'
  • Num 14:18 : 18 Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third `generation', and on a fourth; --
  • Job 33:27-30 : 27 He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me. 28 He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.' 29 Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.
  • Ps 10:11 : 11 He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
  • Ps 78:38 : 38 And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For Thou, Lord, `art' good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 And Thou, O Lord, `art' God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
  • Ps 104:24 : 24 How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --
  • Titus 3:4-6 : 4 and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear 5 (not by works that `are' in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 which He poured upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
  • 1 Pet 3:20 : 20 who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;
  • 2 Pet 3:3 : 3 this first knowing, that there shall come in the latter end of the days scoffers, according to their own desires going on,
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
  • Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 2:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

    6who shall render to each according to his works;

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

    2and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

    3And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • 2 Pet 3:9
    75%

    9the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

  • Acts 8:22
    73%

    22reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

  • Rom 11:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21for if God the natural branches did not spare -- lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

    22Lo, then, goodness and severity of God -- upon those indeed who fell, severity; and upon thee, goodness, if thou mayest remain in the goodness, otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.

  • Jonah 3:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

    10And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done `it'.

  • 2 Tim 2:25
    72%

    25in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

  • Acts 17:30
    71%

    30the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

  • Rom 1:18
    71%

    18for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

  • Rom 9:22
    71%

    22And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

  • Rom 3:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)

    6let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

  • Jas 4:17
    70%

    17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

  • Ps 52:1
    70%

    1To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day.

  • 1 Thess 4:8
    70%

    8he, therefore, who is despising -- doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

  • 2 Pet 2:9
    69%

    9The Lord hath known to rescue pious ones out of temptation, and unrighteous ones to a day of judgment, being punished, to keep,

  • Rom 2:8
    69%

    8and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

  • Jonah 4:2
    69%

    2and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou `art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?

  • 1 Pet 2:20
    69%

    20for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,

  • Job 22:4
    69%

    4Because of thy reverence Doth He reason `with' thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

  • Col 3:6
    69%

    6because of which things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

  • 2 Thess 1:5
    69%

    5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    69%

    4in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • Rom 9:19
    69%

    19Thou wilt say, then, to me, `Why yet doth He find fault? for His counsel who hath resisted?'

  • Heb 12:5
    69%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

  • 1 Thess 4:5
    69%

    5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

  • Joel 2:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful `is' He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

    14Who knoweth -- He doth turn back, Yea -- He hath repented, And He hath left behind Him a blessing, A present and libation of Jehovah your God?

  • Rom 11:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29for unrepented of `are' the gifts and the calling of God;

    30for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

  • Job 5:17
    69%

    17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

  • Num 14:18
    69%

    18Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third `generation', and on a fourth; --

  • Isa 64:5
    69%

    5Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them `is' continuance, and we are saved.

  • Jer 2:19
    69%

    19Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing `Is' thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

  • Prov 3:11
    68%

    11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

  • Jas 1:20
    68%

    20for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

  • Rom 9:14
    68%

    14What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness `is' with God? let it not be!

  • Rom 1:28
    68%

    28And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

  • 2 Cor 7:9-11
    3 verses
    68%

    9I now do rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry to reformation, for ye were made sorry toward God, that in nothing ye might receive damage from us;

    10for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

    11for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

  • Job 10:3
    68%

    3Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

  • Job 15:4
    68%

    4Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

  • Eph 5:6
    68%

    6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

  • Neh 9:17
    68%

    17yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.