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Psa 78:38 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

But he		Psa 106:43-45; Exd 34:6-9; Num 14:18-20; Num 16:44-48; Isa 44:21,22
many		Isa 48:9; Eze 20:8,9,13,14,17,21,22
did not		1Ki 21:29

Correlating Passages

But he

	Psa 106:43	Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
	Psa 106:44	Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
	Psa 106:45	And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Exd 34:8	And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
	Exd 34:9	And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
	Num 14:18	The 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].
	Num 14:19	Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
	Num 14:20	And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
	Num 16:44	And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
	Num 16:45	Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
	Num 16:46	And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
	Num 16:47	And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
	Num 16:48	And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
	Isa 44:21	Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou [art] my servant: I have formed thee; thou [art] my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
	Isa 44:22	I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

many

	Isa 48:9	For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
	Eze 20:8	But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
	Eze 20:9	But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they [were], in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
	Eze 20:13	But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
	Eze 20:14	But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
	Eze 20:17	Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
	Eze 20:21	Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
	Eze 20:22	Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

did not

1Ki 21:29

Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 78:38," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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