Isaiah 57:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.”
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“For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 57:16 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- Numbers 16:22But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- 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.
- Job 12:10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- Job 34:14If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
- 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 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
- Psalms 103:9He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- 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 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 38:16But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
- Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Zechariah 12:1This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
- Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
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