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Psalms 34:18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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Psalms 86:15
But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, Slow to anger and abundant in mercy and truth.
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Exodus 34:6-7
Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed,“ The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth;who keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
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Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says:“ I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
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Matthew 5:3-4
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
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2 Samuel 1 11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.
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James 1:19-20
You know this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Now everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;for a man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.
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Jonah 4:2
Then he prayed to the Lord and said,“ Please Lord, was this not what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.
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Psalms 86:5
For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all who call upon You.
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Romans 5:20-21
The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Kings 22 19
since 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 an object of horror and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have indeed heard you,’ declares the Lord.”
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Isaiah 66:2
For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.“ But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.
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Job 1:20
Then Job got up, tore his robe, and shaved his head; then he fell to the ground and worshiped.
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Jeremiah 18:7-8
At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot it, to tear it down, or to destroy it;if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I planned to bring on it.
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Psalms 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
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1 Kings 21 27
Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
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Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise.
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
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Genesis 37:29
Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.
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1 Timothy 4 8
for bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, 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 think lightly of the riches of His kindness and restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
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2 Kings 6 30
When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes— and he was passing by on the wall— and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.
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Matthew 6:16-18
“ Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy; And You did not abandon them.
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2 Kings 5 7
But when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“ Am I God, to kill and to keep alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”
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Numbers 14:18
‘ The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in mercy, forgiving wrongdoing and violation of His Law; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’
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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
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His mercy.
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Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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Isaiah 58:5
Is it a fast like this that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it for bowing one’s head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the Lord?
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Psalms 145:7-9
They will burst forth in speaking of Your abundant goodness, And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.The Lord is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in mercy.The Lord is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.
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Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord said to him,“ Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and make a mark on the foreheads of the people who groan and sigh over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.”
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Amos 7:2-6
And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,“ Lord God, please pardon! How can Jacob stand? For he is small.”The Lord relented of this.“ It shall not be,” said the Lord.So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farmland.Then I said,“ Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob stand? For he is small.”The Lord relented of this.“ This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.