Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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refused

Numbers 14:3, 4, 11, 41
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?" . . .

Numbers 16:14
Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!"

Psalm 106:24, 25
They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise. . . .

Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

mindful

Psalm 78:11, 42, 43
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. . . .

Psalm 86:5, 15
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. . . .

Psalm 106:7, 13
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. . . .

Matthew 16:9-11
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? . . .

2 Peter 1:12-15
Therefore, I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have. . . .

appointed

Numbers 14:4
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."

Acts 7:39
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

a God

Numbers 14:18, 19
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.' . . .

Psalm 86:5, 15
For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You. . . .

Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared.

Micah 7:18, 19
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? . . .

ready to pardon.

Exodus 34:6, 7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: "The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth, . . .

Psalm 78:38
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.

Psalm 103:8-18
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. . . .

Psalm 145:8, 9
The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. . . .

Isaiah 55:7-9
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. . . .

Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Romans 9:15
For He says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

Ephesians 1:6, 7
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One. . . .

forsookest

1 Kings 6:13
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel."

1 Kings 8:57
May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.

Psalm 106:43-46
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.

King James Bible
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They refused to listen and did not remember Your wonders You performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.

International Standard Version
They would not listen, and did not remember the miracles you did among them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return them to their slavery. "But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in gracious love; therefore you did not abandon them.

NET Bible
They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
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