"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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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
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?
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.
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.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
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:
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
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?
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
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.
For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
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.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.
For, not to the age do I strive, nor for ever am I wroth, For the spirit from before Me is feeble, And the souls I have made.