9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 2Pet 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• 2Pet 3:15 — And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
• Eccl 8:11 — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
• Gen 43:31 — And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
• Gen 45:1 — Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his bret
• Isa 64:12 — Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
• Isa 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
• Jer 15:6 — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
• Jer 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curs
• Job 32:18 — For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
• Job 32:20 — I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
• Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
• Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
• Ps 83:1 — Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
• Ps 83:1 — Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
• Ps 109:1 — Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;