Jeremiah 26:3
26:3 Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do.
If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them
as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.
Jeremiah 26:19
26:19 King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the Lord and seek the Lord’s favor? Did not the Lord forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves.”
Jeremiah 18:8
18:8 But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong,
I will cancel the destruction
I intended to do to it.
Jeremiah 42:10
42:10 ‘If you will just stay
in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you.
I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you.
Exodus 32:14
32:14 Then the
Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.
Deuteronomy 32:36
32:36 The Lord will judge his people,
and will change his plans concerning his servants;
when he sees that their power has disappeared,
and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.
Jude 1:18
1:18 For they said to you, “In the end time there will come
scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”
Joel 2:14
2:14 Who knows?
Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve,
and leave blessing in his wake –
a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God!
Jonah 3:9
3:9 Who knows?
Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent
and turn from his fierce anger
so that we might not die.”
Jonah 4:2
4:2 He prayed to the
Lord and said, “Oh,
Lord, this is just what I thought
would happen
when I was in my own country.
This is what I tried to prevent
by attempting to escape to Tarshish!
– because I knew
that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and abounding
in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.