Neh 9:30-31, Psa 78:38, 103:8-10, Pro 19:11 | ESV | STEP | Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets . Yet they would not give ear . Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands .

Nehemiah 9:30-31

30 Many years ^ayou bore with them ^band warned them ^cby your Spirit through your prophets. ^dYet they would not give ear. ^eTherefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 31 Nevertheless, ^fin your great mercies ^gyou did not make an end of them or forsake them, ^hfor you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalms 78:38

38 Yet he, being ⁱcompassionate,
^jatoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalms 103:8-10

8 The Lord is ^kmerciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 ^lHe will not always chide,
nor will he ^mkeep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us ⁿaccording to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.

Proverbs 19:11

11 ^oGood sense makes one slow to anger,
and it is his glory to overlook an offense.