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Joel 2:12
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Joel 2:12
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A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
Joel 2:12
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Joel 2:12
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Rend Your Heart
James 4:8-9
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James 4:8-9
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8 (A)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (B)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (C)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (D)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Isaiah 55:6-7
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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13 (A)When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are (B)called by My name will (C)humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, (D)then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(B) will humble(C) themselves and pray and seek my face(D) and turn(E) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(F) from heaven, and I will forgive(G) their sin and will heal(H) their land.
Hosea 12:6
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Hosea 12:6
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6 (A)So you, by the help of your God, return;
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.
Hosea 12:6
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Hosea 12:6
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Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah Laments over Judah
4 “If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
(A)“Return to Me;
And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight,
Then you shall not be moved.
Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah 4:1
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart.
Deuteronomy 4:29-30
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Deuteronomy 4:29-30
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29 (A)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [a]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (B)latter days, when you (C)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice
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- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
Deuteronomy 4:29-30
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Deuteronomy 4:29-30
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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C) 30 When you are in distress(D) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(E) you will return(F) to the Lord your God and obey him.
Hosea 6:1
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Hosea 6:1
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Israel Unrepentant
Zechariah 1:3-4
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Zechariah 1:3-4
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3 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Return (A)to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. 4 “Do not be like your fathers, (B)to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (C)“Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
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Zechariah 1:3-4
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Zechariah 1:3-4
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3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return(A) to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’(B) says the Lord Almighty. 4 Do not be like your ancestors,(C) to whom the earlier prophets(D) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(E) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(F) declares the Lord.(G)
Jonah 3:5-8
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Jonah 3:5-8
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The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (A)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (B)and sat in ashes. 7 (C)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [a]nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (D)let every one turn from his evil way and from (E)the violence that is in his hands.
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- Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones
Jonah 3:5-8
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Jonah 3:5-8
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5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(A)
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.(B) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
1 Samuel 7:6
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1 Samuel 7:6
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6 So they gathered together at Mizpah, (A)drew water, and poured it out before the Lord. And they (B)fasted that day, and said there, (C)“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
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1 Samuel 7:6
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1 Samuel 7:6
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6 When they had assembled at Mizpah,(A) they drew water and poured(B) it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[a](C) of Israel at Mizpah.
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- 1 Samuel 7:6 Traditionally judge; also in verse 15
Acts 26:20
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Acts 26:20
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20 but (A)declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do (B)works befitting repentance.
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