2 Corinthians 7:10
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10 For (A)godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas (B)worldly grief produces death.
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Acts 11:18
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18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they (A)glorified God, saying, (B)“Then to the Gentiles also God has (C)granted (D)repentance that leads to life.”
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Acts 3:19
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19 (A)Repent therefore, and (B)turn back, that (C)your sins may be blotted out,
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2 Timothy 2:25-26
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25 correcting his opponents (A)with gentleness. God (B)may perhaps grant them repentance (C)leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from (D)the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
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2 Samuel 12:13
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13 (A)David said to Nathan, (B)“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, (C)“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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Luke 18:13
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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’
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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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Jonah 3:10
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10 When God saw what they did, (A)how they turned from their evil way, (B)God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
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1 Kings 8:47-50
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47 yet (A)if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, (B)‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 48 (C)if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you (D)toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, 49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and (E)grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
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Hebrews 12:17
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17 For you know that (A)afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
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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.’
Matthew 21:28-32
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The Parable of the Two Sons
28 (A)“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in (B)the vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he (C)changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (D)the tax collectors and (E)the prostitutes go into (F)the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you (G)in the way of righteousness, and (H)you did not believe him, but (I)the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward (J)change your minds and believe him.
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Proverbs 17:22
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Jonah 4:9
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9 But God said to Jonah, (A)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”
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Ezekiel 18:27-30
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27 Again, (A)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?
30 “Therefore (B)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. (C)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, (D)lest iniquity be your ruin.[a]
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- Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
1 Samuel 30:6
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6 And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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- 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2
2 Corinthians 12:21
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21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those (A)who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, (B)sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
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Matthew 26:75
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75 And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, (A)“Before the rooster crows, you will (B)deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
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Jonah 3:8
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8 but let man and (A)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. (B)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (C)the violence that is in his hands.
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Ezekiel 7:16
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16 (A)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like (B)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
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Jeremiah 31:9
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Proverbs 18:14
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14 A man's spirit will endure sickness,
but (A)a crushed spirit who can bear?
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but (A)the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:13
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1 Kings 21:4
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4 And Ahab (A)went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.
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