Joel 2:13

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Cross References (35)

  • Psalms 86:15 (29)

    But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

  • Psalms 34:18 (26)

    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

  • Exodus 34:6–7 (21)

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to a

  • Isaiah 57:15 (21)

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy

  • Matthew 5:3–4 (19)

    “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Micah 7:18 (16)

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does

  • James 1:19–20 (14)

    My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  • Psalms 86:5 (14)

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

  • Jeremiah 18:7–8 (12)

    At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

  • Psalms 103:8 (12)

    The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

  • Isaiah 66:2 (11)

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:

  • Jonah 4:2 (9)

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I wa

  • Psalms 51:17 (8)

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

  • Ephesians 2:4 (7)

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

  • 2 Samuel 1:11 (7)

    Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  • Romans 2:4 (6)

    Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to

  • 2 Kings 22:19 (6)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place an

  • Numbers 14:18 (6)

    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no mea

  • Romans 5:20–21 (6)

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

  • Psalms 106:45 (6)

    And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

  • Psalms 145:7–9 (5)

    They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

  • Job 1:20 (5)

    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

  • Nehemiah 9:17 (4)

    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appoi

  • 1 Timothy 4:8 (4)

    For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life

  • Matthew 6:16–18 (3)

    When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

  • Nahum 1:3 (3)

    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the

  • Ezekiel 9:4 (2)

    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning o

  • Isaiah 58:5 (2)

    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackclot

  • 2 Kings 6:30 (2)

    When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sac

  • Genesis 37:34 (2)

    Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

  • 2 Kings 5:7 (2)

    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this ma

  • Genesis 37:29 (2)

    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

  • 1 Kings 21:27 (2)

    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked arou

  • 2 Kings 22:11 (1)

    When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

  • Amos 7:2–6 (0)

    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive,