Nehemiah 9:31

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“But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.”

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BSBPD

“But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and in Thine abundant mercies Thou hast not made them a consumption, nor hast forsaken them; for a God, gracious and merciful, <FI>art<Fi> Thou.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 9:31 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  2. Deuteronomy 4:31For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
  3. 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.
  4. 2 Chronicles 30:9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
  5. Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  6. Nehemiah 9:19You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  7. Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
  8. Psalms 145:8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
  9. Jeremiah 4:27For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
  10. Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  11. Jeremiah 5:18“Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
  12. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  13. Ezekiel 14:22Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
  14. Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

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