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1 Samuel 13 13
Then Samuel said to Saul,“ You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the LORD your God gave you. Had you done that, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
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Genesis 6:6
The LORD regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.
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Joshua 22:16
“ The entire community of the LORD says,‘ Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the LORD? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the LORD.
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2 Samuel 24 16
When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people,“ That’s enough! Stop now!”( Now the LORD’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
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Psalms 119:136
Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.צ( Tsade)
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1 Samuel 15 3
So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”
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1 Samuel 15 9
However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.
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Psalms 36:3
The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
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Jeremiah 9:18
I said,“ Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
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Luke 6:12
Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
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Psalms 78:57
They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
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1 Samuel 15 35-1 Samuel 16 1
Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.The LORD said to Samuel,“ How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”
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Psalms 125:5
As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
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Matthew 24:13
But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
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Zephaniah 1:6
and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”
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Hebrews 10:38
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
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Psalms 110:4
The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“ You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
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Psalms 109:4
They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
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1 Samuel 12 23
As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.
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Romans 9:1-3
I am telling the truth in Christ( I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.For I could wish that I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
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Jeremiah 9:1
( 8: 23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
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Jeremiah 18:7-10
There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.
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Amos 7:3
The LORD decided not to do this.“ It will not happen,” the LORD said.
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Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the LORD and said,“ Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
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Jonah 3:10
When God saw their actions– they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
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Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
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Luke 19:41-44
Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,saying,“ If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.They will demolish you– you and your children within your walls– and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
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1 Kings 9 6-1 Kings 9 7
“ But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
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Psalms 78:41
They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.