It reinforces that God's keeper of loyal love for thousands and forgiver of iniquities and transgressions and sins. It's a promise of stability, of a predictability in God's response. Jon:    Now, if they're requoting it, why would it be so difficult to find how many times it's done? It's called the Character of God. The most quoted verse is the second greatest commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Perhaps this verse ought to be on our hearts and minds more often. There are more than 31,000 verses in the Bible. So early April 2020. Though you said Biblical Studies as a whole. It's two verses, 6 and 7. A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; They come up so much as you read throughout the rest of the Bible. Tim:    We see them as these two parts of God's character that we perceive somehow (00:02:00) in tension with one another. Another striking example comes up in the book of Jonah after the prophet preaches to Nineveh and the whole city turns to God. We make free resources that help you experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus and we're so grateful to be able to work on this project and so grateful for you who make it possible. And he reserves wrath for his enemies. Then what God is doing in Exodus 34 is picking that up and developing it. Carissa:    Maybe like uncontrolled rage or something. 1hr 2m, –  And it's awesome. Whoever Believes In Him Shall Not Perish. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. These are the most read and most quoted Bible verses, ranked by spiritual readers and devoted Christians. And he quotes the same words. Tim:    Oh, it's not that hard. And that's your translation in your notes, Tim? Jon:    And all those other thoughts like of being faithful and all those things all center in the background. In Deuteronomy 5, He says, "I'm a passionate God?". Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. There's people in trouble and they say, "Let's turn to God, cry out to God, because he's like this.". But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Most often in these passages, God’s grace and compassion are emphasized by people who choose to return to him. The New Testament letter authored by the Apostle Paul contained 3 of the top 10 Bible verses that were most bookmarked, highlighted, and shared with YouVersion’s Bible … Do you notice there's also (00:28:00) two small differences to each of these lines that's not president in Exodus 34? You know how John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son…” is the most quotable verse in the New Testament? My main areas of research or the things that I'm really fascinated with all have to do with the literary artistry of Scripture. Jon:    That he will not clear the guilty. A passage in the Bible is a selection of verses from a book of the Bible. Our overview video on these two verses is already completed, and it's up on our website, and on our YouTube channel. Blue Telusma. No wonder it's requoted so much by biblical authors in different ways. In particular, we want to look at this tension that pops in this verse, how it starts with such a lovely and caring picture of God. What we'll do then is in the next episode, we'll talk about the narrative context of these verses and situate ourselves in what was going on (00:53:00) in the biblical story. So he says, "Listen, if we turn back to God, we can count on the fact that He will respond in some way, at least." Valley Grove is located at 9000 Sevierville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37920. If all of these verses were to enter a popularity contest, which one would win? #2 Matthew 6:33. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. It also kind of makes me wonder about the Exodus passage, if that not clearing the guilty. And I'm so stoked to take one of my kids over to play at someone's house for an afternoon. So we're talking about an empire that ruled the ancient Near East for centuries with iron fist. By the way that they requote it, you get to see what they think it means, which is why they're recording it in the first place. So Nahum writes (00:47:00) this poem to talk about how he believes Yahweh is the one behind the downfall of Nineveh. (00:23:00) Because he knows that at his core, that verse 6 describes some kind of baseline. That's the kind of passion. As the people leave Mount Sinai in Numbers 10, going from Numbers 11 to Numbers 20, there are seven rebellion stories where the people rebel against God or Moses. That He's consistent to respond according to His character and according to how people respond to Him. –  Tim:    Yeah, that's right. Tim:    This is after Jonah. 54m, –  And it's verses 6 and 7. But I think it at least does a better job than jealousy because it will raise the question of like, "What does that mean?" Jon:    "Therefore in order to prevent this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in loyal love, and one who relents concerning ra, concerning...". But that's the way the design pattern works. So a lot of this language in Joel of being a wrathful God... Jon:    Oh, sorry, Nahum. I work here at the BibleProject doing biblical research and developing educational resources. He says to the people, "Rend your hearts (00:42:00) and not your garments. But when we talk about these thousands that get loyal love, we're talking about thousands of generations who stays faithful to the covenant. Return to the Lord your God because He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loyal love and relenting of doing harm or doing catastrophe.". Quickly, just the quick bio of yourself and what you've been doing on the team? The book would have listed in it the top 100 most often memorized or quoted verses in the Bible. "The Lord won't declare innocent the guilty or he won't leave guilty unpunished.". Tim:    Yeah. What's interesting here is that the way that the language of Exodus 34:6-7 is quoted...So Nahum 1:3, "The Lord is slow to anger and he's great." I don't even remember. I think that is hard for some people maybe in some traditions. Carissa:    I also think it's significant in this verse in Deuteronomy 5 and in Exodus 20, where it's quoting from that it gives the context for what iniquity means. That's a great observation. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. And for us, we hear those as somehow they're in conflict or intention. But then there have been other times where one of my sons has come home from a couple hours at a friend's house, just the vibe he's giving off, and the words he's using, and it's like I realize like, "Oh, he was exposed to a different value system just now, and he's treating his brother a lot more poorly now." So I think I come to a verse and I just take that for granted. It feels like, I love you, I love you. Jon:    So when we quote it, you really is focusing on the second half of the quote. This is the fourth. That's really worth observing. She does a lot of work for us. It's not actually very different than the passion. He forbids him. But then second, he was the one who told me that it's the most requoted verse of the Old Testament within the Old Testament itself. But because of that quoting, he's asking that God would forgive the iniquity of the people. And then the quotation. Carissa:    I think that for a lot of people, it does conflict with that immutability or unchangeable nature of God. Jon:    Oh, yeah. We asked some readers of this article to give us some of their most encouraging scriptures that we did not include in our top ten list and we heard the same verses over and over again. Last weekend, I read a helpful book by Eric Bargerhuff titled The Most Misused Verses in the Bible: Surprising Ways God’s Word Is Misunderstood (Bethany House, 2012). The prophet Nahum quotes Exodus 34 to emphasize the punishment of God on the Assyrians. It's the same idea. Bible Gateway. But he throws in first, "Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness." It probably had kind of this like slow morphing into it was very positive. (00:20:00) It's really interesting that he quotes the second half, this part that we think is really more harsh. Became angry join us in our modern context, I love you: there. 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