Job 36:10
New Living Translation
10 He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
Job 36:10
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Matthew 3:8
New Living Translation
8 Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.
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Matthew 3:8
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8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(A)
Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
7 Let the wicked change their ways
and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
Isaiah 55:6-7
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Job 36:15
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15 But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
Job 36:15
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Isaiah 50:5
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5 The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me,
and I have listened.
I have not rebelled or turned away.
Isaiah 50:5
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Isaiah 48:17
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17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.
Isaiah 1:16-20
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16 Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
17 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
18 “Come now, let’s settle this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
19 If you will only obey me,
you will have plenty to eat.
20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Isaiah 1:16-20
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16 Wash(A) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(B)
stop doing wrong.(C)
17 Learn to do right;(D) seek justice.(E)
Defend the oppressed.[a](F)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(G)
plead the case of the widow.(H)
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(I)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(J)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(K)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(L)
you will eat the good things of the land;(M)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(N)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(O)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(P)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Proverbs 8:4-5
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4 “I call to you, to all of you!
I raise my voice to all people.
5 You simple people, use good judgment.
You foolish people, show some understanding.
Proverbs 8:4-5
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Job 33:16-23
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16 He whispers in their ears
and terrifies them with warnings.
17 He makes them turn from doing wrong;
he keeps them from pride.
18 He protects them from the grave,
from crossing over the river of death.
19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds,
with ceaseless aching in their bones.
20 They lose their appetite
for even the most delicious food.
21 Their flesh wastes away,
and their bones stick out.
22 They are at death’s door;
the angels of death wait for them.
23 “But if an angel from heaven appears—
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—
Job 33:16-23
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16 he may speak(A) in their ears
and terrify them(B) with warnings,(C)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,(D)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(E)
their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](F)
19 “Or someone may be chastened(G) on a bed of pain(H)
with constant distress in their bones,(I)
20 so that their body finds food(J) repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(K)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones,(L) once hidden, now stick out.(M)
22 They draw near to the pit,(N)
and their life to the messengers of death.[b](O)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger,(P) one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,(Q)
2 Kings 17:13
New Living Translation
13 Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”
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2 Kings 17:13
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13 The Lord warned(A) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:(B) “Turn from your evil ways.(C) Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”(D)
James 4:8
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8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
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James 4:8
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8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(A) Wash your hands,(B) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(C) you double-minded.(D)
Acts 17:30
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30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
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Acts 17:30
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30 In the past God overlooked(A) such ignorance,(B) but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.(C)
Acts 16:14
New Living Translation
14 One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying.
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Acts 16:14
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14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira(A) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart(B) to respond to Paul’s message.
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