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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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 18:23
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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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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
Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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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Proverbs 8:36
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Ezekiel 18:30-32
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30 “Therefore (A)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. (B)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, (C)lest iniquity be your ruin.[a] 31 (D)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (E)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (F)Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 (G)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; (H)so turn, and live.”
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- Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
Luke 15:20-32
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20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and (A)ran and (B)embraced him and (C)kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. (D)I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a] 22 But the father said to his servants,[b] ‘Bring quickly (E)the best robe, and put it on him, and put (F)a ring on his hand, and (G)shoes on his feet. 23 And bring (H)the fattened calf and kill it, and (I)let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son (J)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
25 “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, 29 but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might (K)celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, (L)who has devoured (M)your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ 31 And he said to him, ‘Son, (N)you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 It was fitting (O)to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother (P)was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
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- Luke 15:21 Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants
- Luke 15:22 Or bondservants
Hosea 14:1
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A Plea to Return to the Lord
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Proverbs 1:23
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23 If you turn at my reproof,[a]
behold, I will (A)pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
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- Proverbs 1:23 Or Will you turn away at my reproof?
Jeremiah 3:22
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22 (A)“Return, O faithless sons;
(B)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.
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.
Ezekiel 14:6
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6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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Daniel 9:13
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13 (A)As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, (B)turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.
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Ezekiel 5:11
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11 Therefore, (A)as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, (B)because you have defiled my sanctuary (C)with all your detestable things and with all your (D)abominations, (E)therefore I will withdraw.[a] (F)My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
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- Ezekiel 5:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down
Lamentations 3:33
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2 Samuel 14:14
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14 We must all die; we are (A)like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means (B)so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
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Numbers 14:21
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21 But truly, as I live, and as all (A)the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 I have heard (A)Ephraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
(B)bring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after (C)I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, (D)I struck my thigh;
(E)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (F)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(G)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(H)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
Isaiah 49:18
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18 (A)Lift up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come to you.
(B)As I live, declares the Lord,
(C)you shall put them all on as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a bride does.
Jeremiah 46:18
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18 (A)“As I live, declares the King,
(B)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like (C)Tabor among the mountains
and like (D)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
Jeremiah 22:24
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24 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were (B)the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
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Numbers 14:28
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28 Say to them, (A)‘As I live, declares the Lord, (B)what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:
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