Cross references

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

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Jonah 4:2 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 86:15 (31 votes) and Exodus 34:6–7 (30 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Exodus 32 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Jonah 4:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 86:1531 votes

    But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

  2. Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

  3. ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’ Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

  4. So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

  5. Psalm 145:819 votes

    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

  6. Psalm 86:515 votes

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

  7. Micah 7:1815 votes

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

  8. Exodus 32:1410 votes

    So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

  9. But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

  10. And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

  11. Amos 7:38 votes
  12. Jonah 3:106 votes
  13. Amos 7:63 votes
  14. Jonah 1:33 votes
  15. while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Which verses point to Jonah 4:2?

The 10 strongest of 37.