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.
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.
Joel 2:13
2:13 Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.
Amos 7:3
7:3 The Lord decided not to do this. “It will not happen,” the Lord said.
Amos 7:6
7:6 The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”