Num 14:18-22, Deu 32:39-43, Jos 23:15-16, Psa 58:10-11, Rom 2:4-5, 9:22-23 | ESV | STEP | The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love , forgiving iniquity and transgression , but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children , to the third and the fourth generation.

Numbers 14:18-22

18 ^a‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, ^bvisiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ 19 Please ^cpardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just ^das you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

God Promises Judgment

20 Then the Lord said, “I have pardoned, ^eaccording to your word. 21 But truly, as I live, and as all ^fthe earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, 22 ^gnone of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these ^hten times and have not obeyed my voice,

Deuteronomy 32:39-43

39 “‘See now that ⁱI, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
^jI kill and I make alive;
^kI wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For ^lI lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
41 if I ^msharpen my flashing sword ^{▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword}
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and ^omy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the ^plong-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 ^q“Rejoice with him, O heavens; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations}
bow down to him, all gods, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods}
for he ^tavenges the blood of his children ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants}
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him}
and cleanses ^{▼▼Or atones for} his people’s land.” ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people}

Joshua 23:15-16

15 But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you ^yall the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the Lord your God has given you, 16 if you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them. Then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land that he has given to you.”

Psalms 58:10-11

10 ^zThe righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will ^aabathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is ^aba reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who ^acjudges on earth.”

Romans 2:4-5

4 Or do you presume on ^adthe riches of his kindness and ^aeforbearance and ^afpatience, ^agnot knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are ^ahstoring up ^aiwrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 9:22-23

22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ^ajvessels of wrath ^akprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^althe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^amhas prepared beforehand for glory—