Lexicon :: Strong's G3116 - makrothymōs

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,

“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.

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.[fn]

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,

and you did not abandon them.

God is a righteous judge

and a God who shows his wrath every day.

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and great in faithful love.

A patient person shows great understanding,

but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,

but one slow to anger calms strife.

Patience is better than power,

and controlling one’s emotions,[fn] than capturing a city.

The one who has knowledge restrains his words,

and one who keeps a cool head[fn]

is a person of understanding.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning;

a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

“Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

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.

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.

The LORD is slow to anger but great in power;

the LORD will never leave the guilty unpunished.

His path is in the whirlwind and storm,

and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.