Psalms 145:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.”
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“The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Gracious and merciful <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, Slow to anger, and great in kindness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 145:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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,
- Numbers 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
- Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Psalms 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
- Psalms 116:5The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
- 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.
- 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?
- Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Ephesians 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
- Ephesians 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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