Jeremiah 31:18
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18 Indeed, I heard Ephraim pleading:
“You disciplined me, and I took the discipline;
I was like an untrained calf.
Bring me back; let me come back,
for you are the Lord my God.(A)
Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
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- 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications
Psalm 80:3
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3 Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.(A)
Jeremiah 17:14
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Jeremiah Prays for Vindication
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved,
for you are my praise.(A)
Jeremiah 3:21-22
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21 A voice on the bare heights[a] is heard,
the plaintive weeping of Israel’s children,
because they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God:(A)
22 Return, O faithless children,
I will heal your faithlessness.
“Here we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.(B)
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- 3.21 Or the trails
Isaiah 9:13
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13 The people did not turn to him who struck them
or seek the Lord of hosts.(A)
Job 5:17
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17 “How happy is the one whom God reproves;
therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.[a](A)
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- 5.17 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Revelation 3:19
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19 I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.(A)
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Acts 3:26
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26 When God raised up his servant,[a] he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”(A)
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- 3.26 Or child
Luke 15:20
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20 So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.(A)
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Hosea 5:15-6:2
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15 I will return again to my place
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face.
In their distress they will beg my favor:(A)
A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(B)
2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Lamentations 5:21
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21 Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored;
renew our days as of old—(A)
Lamentations 3:27-30
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
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4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the people of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall come weeping as they seek the Lord their God.(A) 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the Lord by an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
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Psalm 94:12
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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
Psalm 80:19
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19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Psalm 80:7
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7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved.
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.(A)
Job 33:27-28
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27 That person sings to others and says,
‘I sinned and perverted what was right,
and it was not paid back to me.(A)
28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and my life shall see the light.’(B)
James 1:16-18
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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a](A) 18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.(B)
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- 1.17 Other ancient authorities read variation due to a shadow of turning
Hebrews 12:5
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
Philippians 2:13
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13 for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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Luke 1:17
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17 With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”(A)
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Malachi 4:6
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6 He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse.[a]
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- 4.6 Or a ban of utter destruction
Zephaniah 3:2
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2 It has listened to no voice;
it has accepted no correction.
It has not trusted in the Lord;
it has not drawn near to its God.(A)
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