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2 Peter 3 9
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
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Romans 9:22-23
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory on objects of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory—
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Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.
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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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Ephesians 2:7
so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians 1:18
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
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Romans 3:25
God presented him as the mercy seat by his blood, through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
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Titus 3:4-6
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,he saved us— not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy— through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior
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Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
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1 Peter 3 20
who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few— that is, eight people— were saved through water.
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Colossians 1:27
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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2 Peter 3 15
Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.
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Romans 6:15
What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!
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Luke 19:5-8
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,“ Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your house.”So he quickly came down and welcomed him joyfully.All who saw it began to complain,“ He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord,“ Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”
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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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Romans 10:12
since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him.
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Colossians 2:2
I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery— Christ.
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Psalms 130:3-4
LORD, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered.
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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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Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil.
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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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Romans 6:1
What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?
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Matthew 24:48-49
But if that wicked servant says in his heart,‘ My master is delayed,’and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
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Ephesians 3:16
I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit,
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Romans 11:22
Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you— if you remain in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
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1 Timothy 1 16
But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.
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Psalms 10:11
He says to himself,“ God has forgotten; he hides his face and will never see.”
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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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1 Timothy 6 17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
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Jeremiah 3:12-13
Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say,‘ Return, unfaithful Israel. This is the LORD’s declaration. I will not look on you with anger, for I am unfailing in my love. This is the LORD’s declaration. I will not be angry forever.Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the LORD’s declaration.
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Job 33:27-30
He will look at men and say,“ I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will continue to see the light.”God certainly does all these things two or three times to a personin order to turn him back from the Pit, so he may shine with the light of life.
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2 Peter 3 3
Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires,
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Ephesians 3:8
This grace was given to me— the least of all the saints— to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
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Psalms 104:24
How countless are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
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Isaiah 63:7-10
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.He said,“ They are indeed my people, children who will not be disloyal,” and he became their Savior.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.But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he became their enemy and fought against them.
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Ezekiel 16:63
so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’”
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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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Romans 11:33
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
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Jeremiah 7:10
Then do you come and stand before me in this house that bears my name and say,“ We are rescued, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts”?
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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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Jeremiah 3:22-23
Return, you faithless children. I will heal your unfaithfulness.“ Here we are, coming to you, for you are the LORD our God.Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the LORD our God.
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Ezekiel 12:22-23
“ Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes,‘ The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?Therefore say to them,‘ This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put a stop to this proverb, and they will not use it again in Israel.’ But say to them,‘ The days have arrived, as well as the fulfillment of every vision.
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Revelation 3:20
See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
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Luke 15:17-19
When he came to his senses, he said,‘ How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him,“ Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.I’m no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.”’
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Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come with awe to the LORD and to his goodness in the last days.