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Lamentations 3:40
Let’s examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the Lord.
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Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying,‘ God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
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1John 1:8-10
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Luke 15:21
And the son said to him,‘ Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
“ In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord,“ the sons of Israel will come, they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God whom they will seek.They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come so that they may join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
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Psalms 51:3-5
For I know my wrongdoings, And my sin is constantly before me.Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me.
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Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, behold, I will obstruct her way with thorns, And I will build a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say,‘ I will go back to my first husband, Because it was better for me then than now!’
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Psalms 32:3-5
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. SelahI acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my guilt; I said,“ I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
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Jeremiah 3:19
“ Then I said,‘ How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said,‘ You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.’
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Job 36:8-10
And if they are bound in shackles, And are caught in the snares of misery,Then He declares to them their work And their wrongdoings, that they have been arrogant.He opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from injustice.
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1 Kings 20 30-1 Kings 20 31
But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on twenty seven thousand men who were left. And Ben hadad fled and came into the city, going from one inner room to another.But his servants said to him,“ Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will let you live.”
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Leviticus 26:40-41
‘ But if they confess their wrongdoing and the wrongdoing of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies— or if their uncircumcised heart is humbled so that they then make amends for their wrongdoing,
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Psalms 116:3-7
The snares of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.Then I called upon the name of the Lord:“ Please, Lord, save my life!”Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.The Lord watches over the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.Return to your rest, my soul, For the Lord has dealt generously with you.
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1 Kings 8 47-1 Kings 8 48
if they take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and implore Your favor in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying,‘ We have sinned and done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
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Isaiah 63:16
For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our Father, Our Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
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Jeremiah 31:6-9
For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out,‘ Arise, and let’s go up to Zion, To the Lord our God.’ ”For this is what the Lord says:“ Sing aloud with joy for Jacob, And be joyful with the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say,‘ Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them those who are blind and those who limp, The pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; They will return here as a great assembly.They will come with weeping, And by pleading I will bring them; I will lead them by streams of waters, On a straight path on which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.”
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Proverbs 23:13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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Job 33:27-28
He will sing to people and say,‘ I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me.He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will see the light.’
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2 Kings 7 3-2 Kings 7 4
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another,“ Why are we sitting here until we die?If we say,‘ We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit here, we will also die. Now then come, and let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, then we will die.”
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2 Chronicles 33 12-2 Chronicles 33 13
When he was in distress, he appeased the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.When he prayed to Him, He was moved by him and heard his pleading, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord alone is God.
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Matthew 6:9
“ Pray, then, in this way:‘ Our Father, who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
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2 Chronicles 33 19
His prayer also and how God was moved by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of Hozai.
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Matthew 3:6
and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
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Psalms 25:11
For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.
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Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will certainly have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.
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Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Matthew 7:11
So if you, despite being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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Daniel 4:26
And in that it was commanded to leave the stump with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will remain as yours after you recognize that it is Heaven that rules.
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Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust; Perhaps there is hope.
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Lamentations 3:18-22
So I say,“ My strength has failed, And so has my hope from the Lord.”Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and bitterness.My soul certainly remembers, And is bent over within me.I recall this to my mind, Therefore I wait.The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail.
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Hosea 14:1-3
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your wrongdoing.Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him,“ Take away all guilt And receive us graciously, So that we may present the fruit of our lips.Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again,‘ Our god’ To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy.”
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Jonah 3:9
Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”
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Jonah 2:4
So I said,‘ I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’
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Luke 11:2
And He said to them,“ When you pray, say:‘ Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.