Jeremiah 18:11
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11 Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. (A)Return, every one from his evil way, and (B)amend your ways and your deeds.’
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2 Kings 17:13
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13 Yet the Lord (A)warned Israel and Judah (B)by every prophet (C)and every seer, saying, (D)“Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
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Jeremiah 35:15
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15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them (A)persistently, saying, (B)‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and (C)do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ (D)But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.
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Isaiah 1:16-19
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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.
19 (G)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Jeremiah 25:5
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5 saying, (A)‘Turn now, every one of you, (B)from his evil way and evil deeds, and (C)dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever.
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Jeremiah 7:3
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3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.
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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.
James 5:1
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you.
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Zechariah 1:3
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3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: (A)Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and (B)I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
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Micah 2:3
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3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (A)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (B)shall not walk haughtily,
(C)for it will be a time of disaster.
Footnotes
- Micah 2:3 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context
Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (A)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[a]
(B)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
James 4:13
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (A)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
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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
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 13:22
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22 (A)Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and (B)you have encouraged the wicked, that (C)he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
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Lamentations 3:39-41
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39 (A)Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
(B)and return to the Lord!
41 (C)Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
Jeremiah 51:11
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Jeremiah 36:7
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7 (A)It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, (B)and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”
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Jeremiah 36:3
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3 (A)It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, (B)so that every one may turn from his evil way, and (C)that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
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Jeremiah 26:13
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13 Now therefore (A)mend your ways and your deeds, (B)and obey the voice of the Lord your God, (C)and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.
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Jeremiah 26:3
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3 (A)It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, (B)that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them (C)because of their evil deeds.
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Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
(C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
Jeremiah 4:23
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23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was (A)without form and void;
(B)and to the heavens, and they had no light.
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