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Psalms 34:18
The Lord is close 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, abounding in love and faithfulness.
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Exodus 34:6-7
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming,“ The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
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Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:“ I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, 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 sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
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2 Samuel 1 11
Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
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James 1:19-20
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord,“ Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
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Psalms 86:5
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
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Romans 5:20-21
The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Kings 22 19
Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people— that they would become a curse and be laid waste— and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord.“ These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
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Job 1:20
At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship
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Jeremiah 18:7-8
If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.
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Psalms 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
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1 Kings 21 27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.
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Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
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Psalms 51:17
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
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Ephesians 2:4
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
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1 Timothy 4 8
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
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Romans 2:4
Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing 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 robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth on his body.
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Matthew 6:16-18
“ When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; 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 failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,
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2 Kings 5 7
As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said,“ Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!”
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Numbers 14:18
‘ The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents 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 robes.
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Psalms 106:45
for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.
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Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
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Isaiah 58:5
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
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Psalms 145:7-9
They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
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Ezekiel 9:4
and said to him,“ Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”
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Amos 7:2-6
When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out,“ Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”So the Lord relented.“ This will not happen,” the Lord said.This is what the Sovereign Lord showed me: The Sovereign Lord was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.Then I cried out,“ Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”So the Lord relented.“ This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.