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Psalms 145:8–9

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The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
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From verse 8

  1. Numbers 14:18Rank 1 from verse 8
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    18The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

  2. Psalms 103:8Rank 2 from verse 8
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    8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

  3. Psalms 86:5Rank 3 from verse 8
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    5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

  4. Psalms 100:5Rank 4 from verse 8
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    5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

  5. Psalms 116:5Rank 5 from verse 8
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    5Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

From verse 9

  1. Nahum 1:7Rank 1 from verse 9
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    7The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

  2. Psalms 100:5Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

  3. Matthew 5:45Rank 3 from verse 9
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    45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  4. Jonah 4:11Rank 4 from verse 9
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    11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

  5. Acts 17:25Rank 5 from verse 9
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    25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

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Psalms 145:8

COMBINED MEANING

gracious

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Showing favour, mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, or goodness; pleasant, acceptable, or benevolent in word or action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 145:9

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

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9The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

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10All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

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