Jeremiah 18:8
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8 (A)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, (B)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
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Ezekiel 18:21
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21 “But (A)if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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Jeremiah 26:13
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13 Now therefore, (A)amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will relent concerning the doom that He has pronounced against you.
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Jonah 3:9-10
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9 (A)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10 (B)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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Hosea 11:8
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
Jeremiah 26:3
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3 (A)Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may (B)relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.’
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Amos 7:3-6
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3 So (A)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
Vision of the Fire
4 Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called [a]for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the [b]territory. 5 Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(B)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
6 So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
Joel 2:13-14
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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (D)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (E)a blessing behind Him—
(F)A grain offering and a drink offering
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Judges 2:18
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18 And when the Lord raised up judges for them, (A)the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; (B)for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
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Jeremiah 7:3-7
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3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 (B)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’
5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly (C)execute [a]judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (D)or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 (E)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in (F)the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
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- Jeremiah 7:5 justice
Psalm 106:45
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45 (A)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And (B)relented (C)according to the multitude of His mercies.
Luke 13:3-5
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3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
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Isaiah 1:16-19
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16 “Wash(A) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(B)Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke [a]the oppressor;
[b]Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us (C)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(D)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Some ancient vss. the oppressed
- Isaiah 1:17 Vindicate
Psalm 135:14
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14 (A)For the Lord will judge His people,
And He will have compassion on His servants.
Psalm 90:13
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13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And (A)have compassion on Your servants.
2 Chronicles 12:6
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6 So the leaders of Israel and the king (A)humbled themselves; and they said, (B)“The Lord is righteous.”
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1 Kings 8:33-34
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33 (A)“When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and (B)when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this temple, 34 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their (C)fathers.
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Judges 10:15-16
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15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned! (A)Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.” 16 (B)So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And (C)His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 32:36
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36 “For(A) the Lord will judge His people
(B)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (C)there is no one remaining, bond or free.
Exodus 32:12
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12 (A)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and (B)relent from this harm to Your people.
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Jonah 4:2
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2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I (A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a (B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
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Jonah 2:5-10
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5 The (A)waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my (B)life from the pit,
O Lord, my God.
7 “When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord;
(C)And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.
8 “Those who regard (D)worthless idols
Forsake their own [b]Mercy.
9 But I will (E)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have (F)vowed.
(G)Salvation is of the (H)Lord.”
10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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Ezekiel 33:13
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13 When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, (A)but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, (A)‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked (B)turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For (C)why should you die, O house of Israel?’
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Jeremiah 42:10
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10 ‘If you will still remain in this land, then (A)I will build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I (B)relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you.
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