Ezekiel 18:23
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23 (A)Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them, (A)As I live, declares the Lord God, (B)I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; (C)turn back, turn back from your evil ways, (D)for why will you die, O house of Israel?
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2 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise (B)as some count slowness, but (C)is patient toward you,[a] (D)not wishing that any should perish, but (E)that all should reach repentance.
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- 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
1 Timothy 2:4
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4 who desires (A)all people to be saved and (B)to come to (C)the knowledge of the truth.
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Ezekiel 18:32
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32 (A)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; (B)so turn, and live.”
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Luke 15:32
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32 It was fitting (A)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother (B)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
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Luke 15:10
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10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (A)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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Luke 15:4-7
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4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (B)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (C)in the open country, and (D)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (E)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (F)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (G)repents than over ninety-nine (H)righteous persons who need no repentance.
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Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord (A)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who (B)hope in his steadfast love.
Luke 15:22-24
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22 But the father said to his servants,[a] ‘Bring quickly (A)the best robe, and put it on him, and put (B)a ring on his hand, and (C)shoes on his feet. 23 And bring (D)the fattened calf and kill it, and (E)let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son (F)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
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- Luke 15:22 Or bondservants
Exodus 34:6-7
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6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (A)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (B)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (C)love and faithfulness, 7 (D)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (E)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (F)who will by no means clear the guilty, (G)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
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- Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation
Micah 7:18
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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
Hosea 11:8
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8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Lamentations 3:33
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Jeremiah 31:20
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20 (A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(C)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Job 33:27-28
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27 He sings before men and says:
‘I (A)sinned and perverted what was right,
and it was not repaid to me.
28 He has redeemed my (B)soul from going down (C)into the pit,
and my life shall (D)look upon the light.’
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