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Psalms 34:18
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
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Psalms 86:15
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.
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Exodus 34:6-7
The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: The LORD— the LORD is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.
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Isaiah 57:15
For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this:“ I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
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Matthew 5:3-4
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.
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2 Samuel 1 11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men with him did the same.
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James 1:19-20
My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
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Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the LORD,“ Please, LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.
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Psalms 86:5
For you, Lord, are kind and ready to forgive, abounding in faithful love to all who call on you.
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Romans 5:20-21
The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even moreso that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Kings 22 19
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard’— this is the LORD’s declaration.
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Isaiah 66:2
My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the LORD’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at my word.
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Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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Jeremiah 18:7-8
At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.
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Psalms 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
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1 Kings 21 27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.
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Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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Psalms 51:17
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love that he had for us,
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Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
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1 Timothy 4 8
For the training of the body has limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
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2 Kings 6 30
When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes. Then, as he was passing by on the wall, the people saw that there was sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
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Matthew 6:16-18
“ Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,so that your fasting isn’t obvious to others but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen and did not remember your wonders you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, and you did not abandon them.
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2 Kings 5 7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked,“ Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognize that he is only picking a fight with me.”
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Numbers 14:18
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.
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2 Kings 22 11
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
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Psalms 106:45
remembered his covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of his faithful love.
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Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will never leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
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Isaiah 58:5
Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
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Psalms 145:7-9
They will give a testimony of your great goodness and will joyfully sing of your righteousness.The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love.The LORD is good to everyone; his compassion rests on all he has made.
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Ezekiel 9:4
“ Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the LORD said to him,“ and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.”
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Amos 7:2-6
When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said,“ Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”The LORD relented concerning this.“ It will not happen,” he said.The Lord GOD showed me this: The Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.Then I said,“ Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small?”The LORD relented concerning this.“ This will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.