Jeremiah 18:8
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8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent(A) and not inflict on it the disaster(B) I had planned.
Ezekiel 18:21
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21 “But if(A) a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees(B) and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.(C)
Jeremiah 26:13
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13 Now reform(A) your ways and your actions and obey(B) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent(C) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.
Jonah 3:9-10
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Hosea 11:8
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Jeremiah 26:3
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3 Perhaps they will listen and each will turn(A) from their evil ways. Then I will relent(B) and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done.
Joel 2:13-14
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13 Rend your heart(A)
and not your garments.(B)
Return(C) to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,(D)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(E)
and he relents from sending calamity.(F)
14 Who knows? He may turn(G) and relent(H)
and leave behind a blessing(I)—
grain offerings and drink offerings(J)
for the Lord your God.
Judges 2:18
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18 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved(A) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented(B) because of their groaning(C) under those who oppressed and afflicted(D) them.
Amos 7:3-6
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3 So the Lord relented.(A)
“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(B)
4 This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire;(C) it dried up the great deep and devoured(D) the land. 5 Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(E)”
6 So the Lord relented.(F)
“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(G)
Jeremiah 7:3-7
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3 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways(A) and your actions, and I will let you live(B) in this place. 4 Do not trust(C) in deceptive(D) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” 5 If you really change(E) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(F) 6 if you do not oppress(G) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood(H) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods(I) to your own harm, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land(J) I gave your ancestors(K) for ever and ever.
Psalm 106:45
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Luke 13:3-5
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3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(B) you too will all perish.”
Isaiah 1:16-19
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Jonah 4:2
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2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E)
Jonah 2:5-10
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5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(A)
6 To the roots of the mountains(B) I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.(C)
7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered(D) you, Lord,
and my prayer(E) rose to you,
to your holy temple.(F)
8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(G)
turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(H)
will sacrifice(I) to you.
What I have vowed(J) I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation(K) comes from the Lord.’”
10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Footnotes
- Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
Ezekiel 33:13
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13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(A)
Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(A) Turn!(B) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(C)
Jeremiah 36:3
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3 Perhaps(A) when the people of Judah hear(B) about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn(C) from their wicked ways; then I will forgive(D) their wickedness and their sin.”
Jeremiah 26:19
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19 “Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah(A) fear the Lord and seek(B) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,(C) so that he did not bring the disaster(D) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster(E) on ourselves!”
Jeremiah 15:6
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Psalm 135:14
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Psalm 90:13
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2 Chronicles 12:6
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1 Kings 8:33-34
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33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(A) by an enemy because they have sinned(B) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(C) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
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