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Neh 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

refused		Num 14:3,4,11,41; Num 16:14; Psa 106:24,25; Pro 1:24; Hbr 12:25
mindful		Psa 78:11,42,43; Psa 86:5,15; Psa 106:7,13; Mat 16:9-11; 2Pe 1:12-15
in their rebellion		"Instead of bemiryam, ""in their rebellion,"" seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have bemitzrayim, ""in Egypt:"" ""appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."""
appointed		Num 14:4; Act 7:39
a God		Num 14:18,19; Psa 86:5,15; Psa 130:4; Mic 7:18,19
ready to pardon		Heb. of pardons
gracious		Exd 34:6,7; Psa 78:38; Psa 103:8-18; Psa 145:8,9; Isa 55:7-9; Joe 2:13; Rom 9:15; Eph 1:6,7
forsookest		1Ki 6:13; 1Ki 8:57; Psa 106:43-46

Correlating Passages

refused

	Num 14:3	And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
	Num 14:4	And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
	Num 14:11	And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
	Num 14:41	And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
	Num 16:14	Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
	Psa 106:24	Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
	Psa 106:25	But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
	Pro 1:24	Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
	Hbr 12:25	See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven:

mindful

	Psa 78:11	And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
	Psa 78:42	They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
	Psa 78:43	How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Psa 106:7	Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
	Psa 106:13	They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
	Mat 16:9	Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
	Mat 16:10	Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
	Mat 16:11	How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
	2Pe 1:12	Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be established in the present truth.
	2Pe 1:13	Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
	2Pe 1:14	Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
	2Pe 1:15	Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

appointed

	Num 14:4	And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
	Act 7:39	To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

a God

	Num 14:18	The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].
	Num 14:19	Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Psa 130:4	But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
	Mic 7:18	Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
	Mic 7:19	He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

gracious

	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Psa 78:38	But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
	Psa 103:8	The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
	Psa 103:9	He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
	Psa 103:10	He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
	Psa 103:11	For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
	Psa 103:12	As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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	Psa 145:8	The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
	Psa 145:9	The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Isa 55:8	For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
	Isa 55:9	For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
	Joe 2:13	And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
	Rom 9:15	For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
	Eph 1:6	To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
	Eph 1:7	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

forsookest

	1Ki 6:13	And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
	1Ki 8:57	The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
	Psa 106:43	Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
	Psa 106:44	Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
	Psa 106:45	And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
	Psa 106:46	He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

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