Isaiah 55:7
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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.
Proverbs 28:13
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13 Whoever (A)conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who (B)confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
James 4:8-10
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8 (A)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and (C)purify your hearts, (D)you double-minded. 9 (E)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (F)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Ezekiel 18:21-23
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21 (A)“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does (B)what is just and right, (C)he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 (D)None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live. 23 (E)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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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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Isaiah 44:22
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22 (A)I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
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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Ezekiel 33:14-16
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14 Again, (A)though I say to the wicked, (B)‘You shall surely die,’ yet (C)if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right, 15 if the wicked (D)restores the pledge, (E)gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks (F)in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 16 (G)None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.
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1 Timothy 1:15-16
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15 The saying is (A)trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus (B)came into the world to save sinners, (C)of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
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Isaiah 43:25
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25 “I, I am he
(A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
2 Chronicles 7:14
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14 if my people who are called by my name (A)humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
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Ezekiel 18:27-32
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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] 31 (E)Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and (F)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! (G)Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 (H)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; (I)so turn, and live.”
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- Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
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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Jeremiah 4:14
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14 O Jerusalem, (A)wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
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 Corinthians 6:9-11
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9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And (B)such were some of you. But (C)you were washed, (D)you were sanctified, (E)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
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Ezekiel 3:18-19
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18 (A)If I say to the wicked, (B)‘You shall surely die,’ (C)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (D)shall die for[a] his iniquity, (E)but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 (F)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (G)but you (H)will have delivered your soul.
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- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20
Jeremiah 3:12-13
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12 Go, and proclaim these words toward (A)the north, and say,
(B)“‘Return, faithless Israel,
declares the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for (C)I am merciful,
declares the Lord;
(D)I will not be angry forever.
13 (E)Only acknowledge your guilt,
that you rebelled against the Lord your God
and scattered your favors among foreigners under (F)every green tree,
and that you have not obeyed my voice,
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 1:16-18
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16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(B)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(C)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (E)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (F)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
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- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Psalm 66:18
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Acts 8:21-22
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21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for (A)your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, (B)if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
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Matthew 23:25-26
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Ephesians 1:6-8
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