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Nehemiah 1:9
But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.’
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Joel 2:12-13
That is why the Lord says,“ Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish.
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Lamentations 3:40
Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 13:3
do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
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Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart that you may be saved. How long will you harbor your evil thoughts?
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Lamentations 3:32
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
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Hosea 6:1-2
“ Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.
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Ephesians 6:24
May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
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1 Chronicles 29 9
The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord, and King David was filled with joy.
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Hosea 14:1-3
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to him,“ Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made,‘ You are our gods.’ No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.”
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Hosea 3:5
But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone— gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.“ In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you.For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
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1 John 1 9
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
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Psalms 119:80
May I be blameless in keeping your decrees; then I will never be ashamed. Kaph
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Jeremiah 3:10
But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
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Psalms 41:12
You have preserved my life because I am innocent; you have brought me into your presence forever.
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2 Corinthians 3 16
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
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Jeremiah 29:13
If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.
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1 Chronicles 29 17
I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.
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Zechariah 12:10
“ Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.