Jeremiah 31:18
New Living Translation
18 I have heard Israel[a] saying,
‘You disciplined me severely,
like a calf that needs training for the yoke.
Turn me again to you and restore me,
for you alone are the Lord my God.
Jeremiah 31:9
New Living Translation
9 Tears of joy will stream down their faces,
and I will lead them home with great care.
They will walk beside quiet streams
and on smooth paths where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel’s father,
and Ephraim is my oldest child.
Psalm 80:3
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3 Turn us again to yourself, O God.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Jeremiah 17:14
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14 O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;
if you save me, I will be truly saved.
My praises are for you alone!
Jeremiah 3:21-22
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21 Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains,
the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people.
For they have chosen crooked paths
and have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 “My wayward children,” says the Lord,
“come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.”
“Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply,
“for you are the Lord our God.
Isaiah 9:13
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13 For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent.
They will not seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Job 5:17
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17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
Revelation 3:19
New Living Translation
19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”
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Luke 15:20
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20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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Hosea 5:15-6:2
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15 Then I will return to my place
until they admit their guilt and turn to me.
For as soon as trouble comes,
they will earnestly search for me.”
A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces;
now he will heal us.
He has injured us;
now he will bandage our wounds.
2 In just a short time he will restore us,
so that we may live in his presence.
Lamentations 5:21
New Living Translation
21 Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again!
Give us back the joys we once had!
Lamentations 3:27-30
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27 And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:
28 Let them sit alone in silence
beneath the Lord’s demands.
29 Let them lie face down in the dust,
for there may be hope at last.
30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
New Living Translation
Hope for Israel and Judah
4 “In those coming days,”
says the Lord,
“the people of Israel will return home
together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
and seeking the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way to Jerusalem[a]
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the Lord
with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.
Psalm 94:12
New Living Translation
12 Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,
those you teach with your instructions.
Psalm 80:19
New Living Translation
19 Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Psalm 80:7
New Living Translation
7 Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
Psalm 32:9
New Living Translation
9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
Job 33:27-28
New Living Translation
27 He will declare to his friends,
‘I sinned and twisted the truth,
but it was not worth it.[a]
28 God rescued me from the grave,
and now my life is filled with light.’
Footnotes
- 33:27 Greek version reads but he [God] did not punish me as my sin deserved.
James 1:16-18
New Living Translation
16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[c]
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Hebrews 12:5
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5 And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?[a] He said,
“My child,[b] don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t give up when he corrects you.
Philippians 2:13
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13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
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Luke 1:17
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17 He will be a man with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,[a] and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly.”
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Malachi 4:6
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6 His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
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Zephaniah 3:2
New Living Translation
2 No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the Lord
or draw near to its God.
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