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Lamentations 3:22

Because of the loving devotion

of the LORD we are not consumed,

for His mercies never fail.

Lamentations 3:22 BSB
  1. a Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

Lamentations 3:22 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 86:15 (129 votes) and Luke 1:50 (72 votes). 37 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 19 to James 5.

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Which verses does Lamentations 3:22 point to?

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

  1. Psalm 86:15129 votes

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

  2. Luke 1:5072 votes

    His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

  3. Nehemiah 9:3163 votes

    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

  4. Micah 7:18–1952 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? He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

  5. Malachi 3:651 votes

    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

  6. Psalm 78:3841 votes

    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.

  7. Psalm 77:836 votes

    Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?

  8. Psalm 106:4536 votes

    And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

  9. Ezra 9:8–927 votes

    But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes. Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

  10. Ezekiel 20:8–927 votes

    But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

  11. Ezra 9:13–1523 votes
  12. Ezekiel 20:21–2219 votes
  13. Ezekiel 20:13–1412 votes

Which verses point to Lamentations 3:22?

The 10 strongest of 37.