Psalms 103:13

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. God's mercy is tender and fatherly.

Cross-references · 18

• Luke 11:11–12What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
• Heb 12:5–11And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
• Luke 15:21–22The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
• Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
• Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
• Prov 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
• Jer 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
• Ps 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
• Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
• Mal 3:16–17At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
• Matt 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
• Isa 63:15–16Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
• Ps 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
• Deut 3:5All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
• Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
• Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Num 11:12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

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