Jonah 3:9
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9 (A)Who knows? God may turn and relent (B)and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
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2 Samuel 12:22
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22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, (A)‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’
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Joel 2:13-14
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13 and (A)rend your hearts and not (B)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
(C)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
(D)and he relents over disaster.
14 (E)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and (F)leave a blessing behind him,
(G)a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?
Luke 15:18-20
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18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, (A)I have sinned against (B)heaven and before you. 19 (C)I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and (D)ran and (E)embraced him and (F)kissed him.
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Jonah 1:6
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6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, (A)call out to your god! (B)Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
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Psalm 106:45
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45 For their sake he (A)remembered his covenant,
and (B)relented according to (C)the abundance of his steadfast love.
Amos 5:15
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15 (A)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (B)in the gate;
(C)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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