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Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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6 I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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Ezra 9:6
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Ezra 9:6
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6 I prayed,
“O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Ezra 9:6
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Ezra 9:6
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6 and prayed:
1 Timothy 1:13-16
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1 Timothy 1:13-16
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13 even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief. 14 Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ Jesus.
15 This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. 16 But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.
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1 Timothy 1:13-16
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1 Timothy 1:13-16
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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C) 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly,(D) along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.(E)
15 Here is a trustworthy saying(F) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(G)—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy(H) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience(I) as an example for those who would believe(J) in him and receive eternal life.(K)
Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
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Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
Job 40:3-4
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Job 40:3-4
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Job Responds to the Lord
3 Then Job replied to the Lord,
4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?
I will cover my mouth with my hand.
Job 40:3-4
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Job 40:3-4
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3 Then Job answered the Lord:
Job 30:19
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Job 30:19
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19 He has thrown me into the mud.
I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.
Job 30:19
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Job 30:19
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Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
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Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)
James 4:7-10
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James 4:7-10
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7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 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. 9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
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James 4:7-10
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James 4:7-10
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7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.(B) Wash your hands,(C) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(D) you double-minded.(E) 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(F) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(G)
1 Corinthians 15:8-9
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1 Corinthians 15:8-9
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8 Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him. 9 For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.
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1 Corinthians 15:8-9
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1 Corinthians 15:8-9
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8 and last of all he appeared to me also,(A) as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles(B) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(C) the church of God.(D)
Luke 15:18-19
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Luke 15:18-19
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18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
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Luke 15:18-19
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Luke 15:18-19
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18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned(A) against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’
Luke 10:13
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Luke 10:13
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13 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
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Luke 10:13
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Luke 10:13
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13 “Woe to you,(A) Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth(B) and ashes.
Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
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Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!(A) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,(B) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(C)
Jonah 3:6-10
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Jonah 3:6-10
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6 When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes. 7 Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city:
“No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all. 8 People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence. 9 Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”
10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
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Jonah 3:6-10
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Jonah 3:6-10
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6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(A) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(B) 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(C) urgently on God. Let them give up(D) their evil ways(E) and their violence.(F) 9 Who knows?(G) God may yet relent(H) and with compassion turn(I) from his fierce anger(J) so that we will not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(K) and did not bring on them the destruction(L) he had threatened.(M)
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