Psalm 119:59


I considered my ways
And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.

Deuteronomy 4:30-31

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.

Jeremiah 8:4-6

“Moreover [Jeremiah], you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord,

“Do men fall and not rise up again?
Does one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]?

Jeremiah 31:18-19


“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.

Lamentations 3:40


Let us test and examine our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

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.

Ezekiel 18:30

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one in accordance with his conduct,” says the Lord God. “Repent (change your way of thinking) and turn away from all your transgressions, so that sin may not become a stumbling block to you.

Ezekiel 33:14-16

But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices that which is just (fair) and right—

Ezekiel 33:19

But when a wicked man turns back from his wickedness and practices what is just (fair) and right, he will live because of it.

Joel 2:13


Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people];
And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].

Haggai 1:5

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!

Haggai 1:7

Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!

Luke 15:17-20

But when he [finally] came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough food, while I am dying here of hunger!

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality and decadence which they formerly practiced.

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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Thought

Lamentations 3:40

Let us test and examine our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.
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.
Haggai 1:5
Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!
Luke 15:17
But when he [finally] came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough food, while I am dying here of hunger!
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?

Turned

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.
Jeremiah 8:4
“Moreover [Jeremiah], you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord,

“Do men fall and not rise up again?
Does one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]?
Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
Ezekiel 33:14
But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices that which is just (fair) and right—
Joel 2:13

Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people];
And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality and decadence which they formerly practiced.

General references

Haggai 1:7
Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct!
John 11:29
And when she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.