Jonah 3:8

No man or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything, graze, or drink water. Instead, let both man and animal clothe themselves with sackcloth and cry out to God forcefully. Let every person turn from his evil ways and from his tendency to do violence.

Isaiah 55:6-7

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

Jonah 1:6

So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"

Isaiah 1:16-19

"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.

Isaiah 59:6

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

Jonah 1:14

At last they cried out to the LORD, "Please, LORD, do not let us perish because of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, LORD, have done what pleased you."

Psalm 130:1-2

I cry to you from the depths, LORD,

Isaiah 58:6

Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Jeremiah 18:11

"Now say to the people of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem, "This is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm designing a disaster just for you, and I'm making plans against you. Each one of you must repent from his evil way. Make your ways and deeds right."'

Ezekiel 18:21-24

But if the wicked person turns from all his sins, which he did and keeps my statutes, then he'll live. He won't die.

Ezekiel 18:27-28

When a wicked person quits his wicked behavior and does what's just and right, he'll be enabled to live.

Ezekiel 18:30-32

"Therefore, Israel, I'm going to judge you according to the behavior of each and every one of you," declares the Lord GOD. "So repent and turn from all your sins so that sin won't keep on being a stumbling block for you.

Ezekiel 33:11

"Tell them, "As certainly as I'm alive and living,' declares the Lord GOD, "I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?'"

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, your majesty, may my advice be acceptable to you: Stop your sinning, do what's right, and put a stop to your wickedness by showing kindness to the oppressed. Perhaps your tranquility will continue."

Matthew 3:8

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance!

Acts 3:19

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

Acts 26:20

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

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Summary

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.

The violence

General references

Bible References

Let

Isaiah 1:16
"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.
Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
Isaiah 58:6
Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked person turns from all his sins, which he did and keeps my statutes, then he'll live. He won't die.
Ezekiel 33:11
"Tell them, "As certainly as I'm alive and living,' declares the Lord GOD, "I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?'"
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, your majesty, may my advice be acceptable to you: Stop your sinning, do what's right, and put a stop to your wickedness by showing kindness to the oppressed. Perhaps your tranquility will continue."
Matthew 3:8
Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance!
Acts 3:19
Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,
Acts 26:20
Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

The violence

Isaiah 59:6
Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

General references

Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.
Acts 9:9
For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.

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