BLB Rom 2

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Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

despisest		Rom 6:1,15; Psa 10:11; Ecc 8:11; Jer 7:10; Eze 12:22,23; Mat 24:48,49; 2Pe 3:3
riches		Rom 9:23; Rom 10:12; Rom 11:33; Psa 86:5; Psa 104:24; Eph 1:7,18; Eph 2:4,7; Eph 3:8,16; Phl 4:19; Col 1:27; Col 2:2; 1Ti 6:17; Tts 3:4-6
forbearance		Rom 3:25; Rom 9:22; Exd 34:6; Num 14:18; Psa 78:38; Psa 86:15; Isa 30:18; Isa 63:7-10; Jon 4:2; 1Ti 1:16; 1Pe 3:20
goodness		Job 33:27-30; Psa 130:3,4; Isa 30:18; Jer 3:12,13,22,23; Eze 16:63; Hsa 3:5; Luk 15:17-19; Luk 19:5-8; 2Pe 3:9,15; Rev 3:20

Correlating Passages

despisest

	Rom 6:1	What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
	Rom 6:15	What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
	Psa 10:11	He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
	Ecc 8:11	Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
	Jer 7:10	And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
	Eze 12:22	Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
	Eze 12:23	Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
	Mat 24:48	But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
	Mat 24:49	And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
	2Pe 3:3	Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

riches

	Rom 9:23	And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
	Rom 10:12	For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
	Rom 11:33	O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 104:24	O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
	Eph 1:7	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
	Eph 1:18	The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
	Eph 2:4	But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
	Eph 2:7	That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
	Eph 3:8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
	Eph 3:16	That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
	Phl 4:19	But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
	Col 1:27	To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
	Col 2:2	That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
	1Ti 6:17	Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
	Tts 3:4	But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
	Tts 3:5	Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
	Tts 3:6	Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

forbearance

	Rom 3:25	Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
	Rom 9:22	[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
	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,
	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].
	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.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Isa 30:18	And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
	Isa 63:7	I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
	Isa 63:8	For he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
	Isa 63:9	In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
	Isa 63:10	But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
	Jon 4:2	And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
	1Ti 1:16	Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
	1Pe 3:20	Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

goodness

	Job 33:27	He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
	Job 33:28	He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
	Job 33:29	Lo, all these [things] worketh God oftentimes with man,
	Job 33:30	To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
	Psa 130:3	If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
	Psa 130:4	But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
	Isa 30:18	And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
	Jer 3:12	Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; [and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I [am] merciful, saith the LORD, [and] I will not keep [anger] for ever.
	Jer 3:13	Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
	Jer 3:22	Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.
	Jer 3:23	Truly in vain [is salvation hoped for] from the hills, [and from] the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God [is] the salvation of Israel.
	Eze 16:63	That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
	Hsa 3:5	Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
	Luk 15:17	And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!