'Turn' in the Bible

Dost Thou not turn back? Thou revivest us, And Thy people do rejoice in Thee.

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

You also turn back the edge of his swordAnd have not made him stand in battle.

Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

Lord—how long?Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

He has turned back their own wickedness upon themAnd will destroy them by means of their own evil;The Lord our God will wipe them out.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

He will turn to the prayer of the destitute, not despising their prayer.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?O Jordan, that you turn back?

Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

Turn my heart to Your decreesand not to material gain.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

The arrogant constantly ridicule me,but I do not turn away from Your instruction.

I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

I do not turn aside from your regulations, for you teach me.

Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,as is Your practice toward those who love Your name.

Though my persecutors and adversaries are numerous, I do not turn aside from your decrees.

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thingor perform wicked actswith men who commit sin.Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.I will mock when terror strikes you,

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Don’t consider yourself to be wise;fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

Get wisdom, get understanding;don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

So now, my sons, listen to me,and don’t turn away from the words of my mouth.

Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;don’t stray onto her paths.

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste,but to turn from evilis an abomination to fools.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, but a word of trouble will stir {anger}.

A path of life is on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth, and through fear of the LORD people turn from evil.

A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

The bribe [is] a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; {everywhere} he will turn, he will prosper.

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

Streams of water [are] the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; {wherever} he will desire, he will turn.

Train a child in the way appropriate for him, and when he becomes older, he will not turn from it.

Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

a mighty lion among the beasts, but he will not turn back from {any face};

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!

Otherwise, when the sun, daylight, moon, or stars turn dark, or when clouds fail to return after the rain

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

(The Bridegroom)“I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride;I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;I have drunk my wine with my milk.Eat, friends;Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”

Where did your beloved go, most beautiful of women? Where did your beloved turn, so we may look for him with you?

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

The Lover to His Beloved: Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim?

Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

Your rulers are rebelsAnd companions of thieves;Everyone loves bribesAnd chases after gifts.They do not defend the fatherless,Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

He will settle disputes among the nationsand provide arbitration for many peoples.They will turn their swords into plowsand their spears into pruning knives.Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,and they will never again train for war.

Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?

In that day doth the Lord turn aside The beauty of the tinkling ornaments, And of the embroidered works, And of the round tires like moons,

And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against it, And smiteth it, and the mountains tremble, And their carcase is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, And still His hand is stretched out!

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

Dull the minds of these people;deafen their ears and blind their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their minds,turn back, and be healed.

And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

The people did not turn to Him who struck them;they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.

Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,And every mouth is speaking foolishness.In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,And together they are against Judah.In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!