Lamentations 3:40
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40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
Lamentations 3:40
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2 Corinthians 13:5
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5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, (A)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [a]are (B)disqualified.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:5 do not stand the test
2 Corinthians 13:5
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5 Examine yourselves(A) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(B) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(C)—unless, of course, you fail the test?
Psalm 139:23-24
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23 (A)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And (B)lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24
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Joel 2:12-13
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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.”
13 So (B)rend your heart, and not (C)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (D)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
Joel 2:12-13
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Rend Your Heart
Psalm 119:59
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59 I (A)thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Psalm 119:59
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59 I have considered my ways(A)
and have turned my steps to your statutes.
Psalm 4:4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 4:4 Lit. Tremble or Be agitated
Psalm 4:4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 4:4 Or In your anger (see Septuagint)
Haggai 1:5-9
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5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Consider your ways!
6 “You have (B)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (C)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! 8 Go up to the (D)mountains and bring wood and build the [a]temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord. 9 (E)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, (F)I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
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- Haggai 1:8 Lit. house
Haggai 1:5-9
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5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but harvested little.(B) You eat, but never have enough.(C) You drink, but never have your fill.(D) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(E) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(F) to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber(G) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure(H) in it and be honored,(I)” says the Lord. 9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(J) What you brought home, I blew(K) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(L) while each of you is busy with your own house.
Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
Hosea 6:1
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Israel Unrepentant
1 Corinthians 11:28
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28 But (A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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1 Corinthians 11:28
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28 Everyone ought to examine themselves(A) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
Hosea 14:1-3
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Israel Restored at Last
14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
2 Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (B)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
3 Assyria shall (C)not save us,
(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit
Hosea 14:1-3
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Repentance to Bring Blessing
14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(D) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(E)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[b](F)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(G)
we will not mount warhorses.(H)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(I)
to what our own hands have made,(J)
for in you the fatherless(K) find compassion.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
1 Corinthians 11:31
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31 For (A)if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
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1 Corinthians 11:31
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31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.(A)
2 Chronicles 30:6
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6 Then the (A)runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: “Children of Israel, (B)return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of (C)the kings of (D)Assyria.
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2 Chronicles 30:6
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6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:
“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
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