Lamentations 3:40
Let us test and examine our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit?
Psalm 119:59
I considered my ways
And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Joel 2:12-13
“Even now,” says the Lord,
“Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance],
With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored];
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
1 Chronicles 15:12-13
and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
2 Chronicles 30:6
So the runners went throughout Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials, in accordance with the command of the king, saying, “O sons (descendants) of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (Jacob), so that He will return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand (power) of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 30:9
For if you return to the Lord, your brothers (relatives) and your children will find compassion in the presence of those who led them away captive and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
Job 11:13-15
“If you direct your heart [on the right path]
And stretch out your hands to Him,
Job 34:31-32
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
Psalm 4:4
Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion].
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
Ezekiel 18:28
Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions which he had committed, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.
Hosea 6:1
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
Hosea 12:6
Therefore, return [in repentance] to your God,
Observe and highly regard kindness and justice,
And wait [expectantly] for your God continually.
Hosea 14:1-3
For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Haggai 1:5-9
Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!
Zechariah 1:3-4
Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
Acts 26:20
but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
1 Corinthians 11:28
But a person must [prayerfully] examine himself [and his relationship to Christ], and only when he has done so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.
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“If you direct your heart [on the right path]
And stretch out your hands to Him,
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
Tremble [with anger or fear], and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed and be still [reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion].
I considered my ways
And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.
Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
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Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
Therefore, return [in repentance] to your God,
Observe and highly regard kindness and justice,
And wait [expectantly] for your God continually.
For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
“Even now,” says the Lord,
“Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance],
With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored];