Nehemiah 9:30-31
New American Standard Bible 1995
30 “(A)However, You bore with them for many years,
And (B)admonished them by (C)Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not give ear.
Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 “Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You (D)did not make an end of them or forsake them,
For You are (E)a gracious and compassionate God.
Psalm 78:38
New American Standard Bible 1995
38 But He, being (A)compassionate, [a](B)forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And often He [b](C)restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for
- Psalm 78:38 Lit turned away
Psalm 103:8-10
New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 30:18
New American Standard Bible 1995
God Is Gracious and Just
18 Therefore the Lord [a](A)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He [b]waits on (B)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a (C)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who [c](D)long for Him.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit waits
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit is on high
- Isaiah 30:18 Lit wait
Isaiah 65:8
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 Thus says the Lord,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is [a]benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order (A)not to destroy [b]all of them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:8 Lit blessing
- Isaiah 65:8 Lit the whole
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