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Jeremiah 18:7-10
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
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If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Jeremiah 36:3
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Isaiah 1:16-19
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Ezekiel 18:27-30
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Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
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Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
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Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Jonah 3:8-10
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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Jeremiah 18:7-10
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
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If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
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If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
1 Kings 21:27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
1 Kings 21:29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.