Judges 10:16
When they put away their foreign gods and served the LORD, he brought Israel's misery to an end.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress he wasn't distressed, but the angel of his presence saved them; in his acts of love and in his acts of pity he redeemed them; he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.
Psalm 106:44-45
Yet when he saw their distress and heard their cries for help,
Genesis 6:6
Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain.
Joshua 24:23
Joshua said, "Therefore abandon the foreign gods that are among you, and turn your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel."
2 Chronicles 7:14
when my people humble themselves the ones who are called by my name and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.
2 Chronicles 15:8
Encouraged by what Oded's son Azariah the prophet had said in his prophecy, Asa removed the detestable idols from throughout the entire territories of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the LORD's altar that stood in front of the vestibule of the LORD's Temple.
2 Chronicles 33:15
He also eliminated the foreign gods and idols from the LORD's Temple, along with all of the altars that he had built in Jerusalem and on the mountain where the LORD's Temple was located, and he discarded them outside the city.
Jeremiah 18:7-8
At one moment I may speak about a nation or a kingdom to uproot it, pull it down, or destroy it.
Jeremiah 31:20
"Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? Indeed, as often as I've spoken about him, I surely still remember him. Therefore I deeply yearn for him. I'll surely have great compassion on him," declares the LORD.
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.
Hosea 11:8
"How can I give up on you, Ephraim? I will deliver you, will I not, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? I can't make you like Zeboim, can I? My heart stirs within me; my compassion also fans into flame!
Hosea 14:1-3
"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.
Hosea 14:8
"Ephraim, what have I in common with idols? I have listened and will pay attention to him. I am like a flourishing cypress; in me will your fruit be found."
Luke 15:20
"So he got up and went to his father. While he was still far away, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, threw his arms around him, and kissed him affectionately.
Luke 19:41
When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:
John 11:34
He asked, "Where have you put him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another just as God has forgiven you in the Messiah.
Hebrews 3:10
even though they had seen my actions for 40 years. That is why I was indignant with that generation and said, "They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.'
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned.