Nehemiah 9:31
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Cross-reference
Nehemiah 9:17 earlier in the same prayer declares God gracious and compassionate, the very basis for His mercy cited here.
Daniel 9:9 explicitly states God's mercy and forgiveness despite rebellion, directly echoing the same attribute praised here.
2 Kings 13:23 describes God's compassion and covenant faithfulness sparing Israel, mirroring the mercy highlighted here.
Lamentations 3:22 declares God's mercies never end—Nehemiah 9:31 shows that mercy prevented total destruction, a direct thematic parallel.
Jeremiah 5:18 says 'I will not make a full end of you'—the same covenantal mercy Nehemiah 9:31 celebrates.
Psalm 103:8 repeats the classic description of God as compassionate and gracious, the very attribute celebrated in this verse.
Psalm 103:9 affirms God does not stay angry forever, explaining the mercy that prevents total abandonment here.
Jeremiah 4:27 directly echoes the promise 'I will not make a full end'—the exact mercy Nehemiah recalls God showing Israel.
Exodus 34:6 is the original revelation of God's compassion and grace, which this verse and the whole prayer rely on.
Psalm 145:8 gives the same divine attribute formula 'gracious and merciful' — the basis for God's mercy shown in Nehemiah.
Psalm 116:5 declares the Lord gracious and merciful — the exact character Nehemiah 9:31 appeals to for sparing Israel.
In Hosea 3:1, God commands love for an adulterous wife, illustrating the same persistent mercy toward unfaithful Israel that Nehemiah 9:31 declares.
Psalm 103:10 says God does not repay us according to sins — the principle behind Nehemiah 9:31's merciful withholding of judgment.
Deuteronomy 4:31 declares God merciful, not leaving or destroying — the covenant faithfulness Nehemiah 9:31 celebrates.
Leviticus 26:44 promises God will not utterly destroy or forsake His people — exactly what Nehemiah 9:31 recalls as fulfilled.
Isaiah 48:9 says God defers anger and restrains from cutting off — a parallel motivation of mercy in Nehemiah 9:31.
Ezra 9:8 describes God leaving a remnant and granting reviving — a specific instance of the mercy Nehemiah 9:31 generalizes.
Psalm 145:9 expands God's mercy to all creation — a broader basis for the 'great mercies' that spared Israel.
Psalm 89:2 extols God's steadfast love built forever — the enduring mercy behind Nehemiah 9:31's 'great mercies'.
Ezekiel 14:22 shows God preserving a remnant in judgment, paralleling the mercy that prevents total abandonment here.