Bible verses on God's patience?
Which other Bible verses highlight God's "slow to anger" nature?

- Exodus 34:6 – “And the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: ‘The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,’”

- Numbers 14:18 – “‘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 on their children to the third and fourth generations.’”

- Nehemiah 9:17 – “They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return them to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, and You did not abandon them.”

- Psalm 86:15 – “But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.”

- Psalm 103:8 – “The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.”

- Psalm 145:8 – “The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.”

- Joel 2:13 – “Rend your hearts and not your garments. 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.”

- Jonah 4:2 – “So he prayed to the LORD: ‘O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still in my own country? That is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.’”

- Nahum 1:3 – “The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.”

- 2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.”

How can we reflect God's 'compassion and graciousness' in our interactions?
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