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Job 1:21-22
saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.
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Exodus 34:6
The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: The LORD— the LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
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Matthew 5:10-11
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.“ You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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Psalms 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
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Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Job 42:10-17
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.So the LORD blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.He also had seven sons and three daughters.He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.Then Job died, old and full of days.
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Job 2:10
“ You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her.“ Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
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1 Peter 1 6-1 Peter 1 7
You rejoice in this, even though now for a short time, if necessary, you suffer grief in various trialsso that the proven character of your faith— more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call to him while he is near.Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, so he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.
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2 Peter 2 9
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
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Numbers 14:18
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.
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Daniel 9:18-19
Listen closely, my God, and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before you based on our righteous acts, but based on your abundant compassion.Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! My God, for your own sake, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your name.
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Luke 6:36
Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
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Lamentations 3:22
Because of the LORD’s faithful love we do not perish, for his mercies never end.
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Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.
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Psalms 86:15
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.
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Hebrews 3:14
For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.
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Isaiah 63:7
I will make known the LORD’s faithful love and the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, because of all the LORD has done for us— even the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, which he did for them based on his compassion and the abundance of his faithful love.
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Psalms 51:1
Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.
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Psalms 94:12
LORD, how happy is anyone you discipline and teach from your law
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Joel 2:13
Tear your hearts, not just your clothes, and return to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and he relents from sending disaster.
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1 Chronicles 21 13
David answered Gad,“ I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the LORD’s hands because his mercies are very great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”
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Psalms 136:1-26
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His faithful love endures forever.Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever.Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever.He alone does great wonders. His faithful love endures forever.He made the heavens skillfully. His faithful love endures forever.He spread the land on the waters. His faithful love endures forever.He made the great lights: His faithful love endures forever.the sun to rule by day, His faithful love endures forever.the moon and stars to rule by night. His faithful love endures forever.He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians His faithful love endures forever.and brought Israel out from among them His faithful love endures forever.with a strong hand and outstretched arm. His faithful love endures forever.He divided the Red Sea His faithful love endures forever.and led Israel through, His faithful love endures forever.but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.He led his people in the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.He struck down great kings His faithful love endures forever.and slaughtered famous kings— His faithful love endures forever.Sihon king of the Amorites His faithful love endures forever.and Og king of Bashan— His faithful love endures forever.and gave their land as an inheritance, His faithful love endures forever.an inheritance to Israel his servant. His faithful love endures forever.He remembered us in our humiliation His faithful love endures forever.and rescued us from our foes. His faithful love endures forever.He gives food to every creature. His faithful love endures forever.Give thanks to the God of heaven! His faithful love endures forever.
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Ecclesiastes 7:8
The end of a matter is better than its beginning; a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.
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Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
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Psalms 25:6-7
Remember, LORD, your compassion and your faithful love, for they have existed from antiquity.Do not remember the sins of my youth or my acts of rebellion; in keeping with your faithful love, remember me because of your goodness, LORD.
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Daniel 9:9
Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him
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Psalms 116:5
The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.
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Isaiah 63:9
In all their suffering, he suffered, and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past.
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Luke 1:50
His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear him.
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Psalms 119:132
Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your practice toward those who love your name.
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Job 23:10
Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
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2 Chronicles 30 9
for when you return to the LORD, your brothers and your 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.”
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Psalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.
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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.
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Psalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
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Psalms 37:37
Watch the blameless and observe the upright, for the person of peace will have a future.
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Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the LORD,“ Please, LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.
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Job 13:15-16
Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him.Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before him.
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Psalms 78:38
Yet he was compassionate; he atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often turned his anger aside and did not unleash all his wrath.
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1 Peter 1 13
Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Psalms 86:5
For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.
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Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
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Job 1:2
He had seven sons and three daughters.
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Nehemiah 9:31
However, in your abundant compassion, you did not destroy them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and compassionate God.