God Feels
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Genesis 6:6 The Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
Judges 10:16 They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the Lord; and [God] soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
1 Samuel 15:11 It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. . . .
1 Samuel 15:35 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough. Now withdraw your hand. . . .
Hosea 11:8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? . . . My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
Psalm 78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Psalm 95:9 when your fathers tempted me, tested me . . .
Isaiah 7:13 He said, Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?Isaiah 63:10
Isaiah 43:24 . . . you have burdened me with your sins. You have wearied me with your iniquities.
Jeremiah 18:7-8 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
Ezekiel 6:9 Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me . . .
Amos 7:3 The Lord relented concerning this. It shall not be, says the Lord.
Amos 7:6 The Lord relented concerning this. This also shall not be, says the Lord . . .
Ephesians 4:30 Dont grieve the Holy Spirit of God . . .
I believe in such Scriptures as these we see prophets not merely revealing the word of God but the heart of God:
Jeremiah 9:1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah 13:17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the Lords flock is taken captive.
And likewise Paul:
Romans 9:2-3 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers sake, my relatives according to the flesh
And of course, in Jesus we not only hear the word of God but he is the Word of God
Job 12:21 He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
Psalm 2:4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
Psalm 37:12-13 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord will laugh at him . . .
Psalm 59:7-8 . . . they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips . . . But you, the Lord, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.
Psalm 107:40-41 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction . . .
Nahum 3:6 I will . . . make you vile . . .
Exodus 17:2 . . . Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?
Exodus 16:28 The Lord said to Moses, How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
Numbers 14:11 . . . How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
Numbers 14:22 . . . yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice
Numbers 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? . . .
Psalm 78:41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 1:11,13-14 . . . I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. . . . Bring no more vain offerings. . . . I cant bear with evil assemblies. . . . They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
Mark 9:19 He answered him, Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? . . .
Luke 24:25 . . . Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Genesis 8:21 The Lord smelled the pleasant aroma. . . .
Exodus 29:25 . . . a pleasant aroma before the Lord . . .
Numbers 24:1 . . . it pleased the Lord to bless Israel . . .
Deuteronomy 28:63 . . . The Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you . . .
1 Samuel 12:22 . . . it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.
1 Kings 3:10 This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. . . .
Nehemiah 8:10 . . . the joy of the Lord . . .
Psalm 35:27 . . . The Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!
Psalm 69:31 It will please the Lord . . .
Psalms 147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Psalm 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people. . . .
Proverbs 11:20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
Proverbs 15:26 The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
Isaiah 62:4 . . . for the Lord delights in you . . .
Isaiah 62:5 . . . As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
Isaiah 65:19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people . . .
Jeremiah 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord, your God . . . will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
Matthew 25:21 . . . Enter into the joy of your lord.
Exodus 34:14 for you shall worship no other god: for the Lord . . . is a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:24 For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 32:16 They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. . . .
Joshua 24:19 . . . he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. . . .
1 Kings 14:22 . . . they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed . . .
Psalm 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
Joel 2:18 Then the Lord was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
Zechariah 1:13-16 The Lord answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words. . . . Proclaim, saying, The Lord of Armies says: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion . . . I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it . . .
1 Corinthians 10:22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Deuteronomy 9:7 Remember, and dont forget, how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. . . .
Psalm 78:49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble . . .
Jeremiah 8:19 . . . Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?
Ezekiel 16:42 So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord . . .
Proverbs 6:16 There are six things which the Lord hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Isaiah 1:13-14 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I cant bear with evil assemblies. My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I cant stand your solemn assemblies.
Malachi 2:16 For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence! . . .
Revelation 3:16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
Job 1:8-12 The Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing? Havent you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face. The Lord said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself dont stretch out your hand. . . .
Job 2:3-6 The Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause. Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face. The Lord said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.
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