Jonah 4:2

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 was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

Cross References (19)

  • Psalms 86:15 (31)

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

  • Exodus 34:6–7 (30)

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

  • Numbers 14:18–19 (22)

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

  • Joel 2:13–14 (21)

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t

  • Psalms 145:8 (19)

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

  • Psalms 86:5 (15)

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

  • Micah 7:18 (15)

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

  • Jeremiah 18:8 (10)

    But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

  • Exodus 32:14 (10)

    So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

  • Psalms 78:38 (9)

    And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did

  • Hosea 11:8–9 (8)

    How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I tr

  • Amos 7:3 (8)

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

  • Jonah 3:10 (6)

    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to

  • Amos 7:6 (3)

    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

  • Jonah 1:3 (3)

    Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship b

  • 1 Kings 19:4 (2)

    while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die.

  • Luke 10:29 (1)

    But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

  • Psalms 90:13 (1)

    Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

  • Jeremiah 20:7 (-1)

    You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long;