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0 KJV and 7 BSB verses contain “Relented”

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalms 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Amos 7:3

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.

Amos 7:6

The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.