Exodus 32:14

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 32:14 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  2. Numbers 14:20“I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
  3. Deuteronomy 10:10I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
  5. Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  6. Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  7. 2 Samuel 24:16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  8. 1 Chronicles 21:15Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  9. Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
  10. Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  11. Jeremiah 18:8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
  12. Jeremiah 26:13So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  13. Jeremiah 26:19Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  14. Joel 2:13So 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.
  15. Amos 7:3So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  16. Amos 7:6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  17. Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  18. Jonah 4:2So 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-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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