Lamentations 3:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.”
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“Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Lamentations 3:32 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 3:7The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
- Judges 10:16So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- 2 Kings 13:23But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
- Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
- Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
- Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Isaiah 27:8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
- Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
- Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
- Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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