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Nehemiah 1:9
But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’
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Joel 2:12-13
“ Yet even now,” the LORD says,“ return to me with all your heart– with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.
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Lamentations 3:40
Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 13:3
You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.
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Deuteronomy 6:5
You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
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Jeremiah 4:14
“ Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
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Lamentations 3:32
Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
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Hosea 6:1-2
“ Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
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Ephesians 6:24
Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
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1 Chronicles 29 9
The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.
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Hosea 14:1-3
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall!Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him:“ Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say,‘ Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”
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Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
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Deuteronomy 4:28-31
There you will worship gods made by human hands– wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him( for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.
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1 John 1 9
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
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Psalms 119:80
May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed.כ( Kaf)
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Jeremiah 3:10
In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD.
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Psalms 41:12
As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence.
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2 Corinthians 3 16
but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
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Jeremiah 29:13
When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
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1 Chronicles 29 17
I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.
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Zechariah 12:10
“ I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.