Isaiah 57:16 KJV

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Micah 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Psalms 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psalms 78:38–39 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. …
Psalms 103:9–16 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. …
Isaiah 42:5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Jeremiah 10:24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Numbers 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Jeremiah 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

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Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

For I will not contend כִּי kî Conjunction לֹא lōʾ Negative אָרִיב ʾārîb רִיב Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
for ever לְעוֹלָם lĕʿôlām עוֹלָם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
neither will I be always וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and לָנֶצַח lāneṣaḥ נֶצַח Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
wroth אֶקְּצוֹף ʾeqqĕṣôp קָצַף Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
for the spirit כִּי kî Conjunction רוּחַ rûaḥ רוּחַ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
should fail יַעֲטוֹף yaʿăṭôp עָטַף Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
before מִלְּפָנַי millĕpānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, preposition, suffix: first person common singular
me, and the souls וּנְשָׁמוֹת ûnĕšāmôt נְשָׁמָה Noun · feminine plural · with and אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular
I have made עָשִׂיתִי ʿāśîtî עָשָׂה Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular

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