'Turn' in the Bible

“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the Lord might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

A certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded.”

Now it happened at the turn of the year that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.

Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.

For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

He did right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

They in turn gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his lifetime they did not turn from following the Lord God of their fathers.

However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo.

At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, “They will come up against us from every place where you may turn,”

And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law.Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,By which if a man observes them he shall live.And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

“But they, in their own kingdom,With Your great goodness which You gave them,With the broad and rich land which You set before them,Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

“God will not turn back His anger;Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;And would You turn me into dust again?

“Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

That you should turn your spirit against GodAnd allow such words to go out of your mouth?

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?And what His soul desires, that He does.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth.They do not turn toward the vineyards.

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,And keep man from pride;

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

“Be careful, do not turn to evil,For you have preferred this to affliction.

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;And he does not turn back from the sword.

All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed;They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.

When my enemies turn back,They stumble and perish before You.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them,And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,And I destroyed those who hated me.

For You will make them turn their back;You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,For I am lonely and afflicted.

Do not hide Your face from me,Do not turn Your servant away in anger;You have been my help;Do not abandon me nor forsake me,O God of my salvation!

“Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile againBefore I depart and am no more.”

You cause us to turn back from the adversary;And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;This I know, that God is for me.

Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,

May You increase my greatnessAnd turn to comfort me.

Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You;Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

Then we shall not turn back from You;Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

“I would quickly subdue their enemiesAnd turn My hand against their adversaries.

You withdrew all Your fury;You turned away from Your burning anger.

I will hear what God the Lord will say;For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;But let them not turn back to folly.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,And save the son of Your handmaid.

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

You turn man back into dustAnd say, “Return, O children of men.”

Therefore He said that He would destroy them,Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

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

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,And revive me in Your ways.

Turn away my reproach which I dread,For Your ordinances are good.

The arrogant utterly deride me,Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

May those who fear You turn to me,Even those who know Your testimonies.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,After Your manner with those who love Your name.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies.

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.Peace be upon Israel.

For the sake of David Your servant,Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.

The Lord has sworn to DavidA truth from which He will not turn back:“Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

“Turn to my reproof,Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;I will make my words known to you.

Do not be wise in your own eyes;Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Avoid it, do not pass by it;Turn away from it and pass on.

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;Turn your foot from evil.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her paths.

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!”To him who lacks understanding she says,

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”And to him who lacks understanding she says,

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

Or the Lord will see it and be displeased,And turn His anger away from him.

Scorners set a city aflame,But wise men turn away anger.

“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelleOr a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

“Turn your eyes away from me,For they have confused me;Your hair is like a flock of goatsThat have descended from Gilead.

“I will also turn My hand against you,And will smelt away your dross as with lyeAnd will remove all your alloy.

They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.

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.

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,Nor do they 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.

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captivesOr fall among the slain.In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,Or like sheep with none to gather them,They will each turn to his own people,And each one flee to his own land.

For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”

Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,Let me weep bitterly,Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed?Does he continually turn and harrow the ground?

You turn things around!Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay,That what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:“Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;

“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path,Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

“Have you not heard?Long ago I did it,From ancient times I planned it.Now I have brought it to pass,That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

“Because of your raging against MeAnd because your arrogance has come up to My ears,Therefore I will put My hook in your noseAnd My bridle in your lips,And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;For I am God, and there is no other.

“I have sworn by Myself,The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousnessAnd will not turn back,That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.

The Lord God has opened My ear;And I was not disobedientNor did I turn back.

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your footFrom doing your own pleasure on My holy day,And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,And honor it, desisting from your own ways,From seeking your own pleasureAnd speaking your own word,

“A Redeemer will come to Zion,And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.

A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,That sniffs the wind in her passion.In the time of her heat who can turn her away?All who seek her will not become weary;In her month they will find her.

God says, “If a husband divorces his wifeAnd she goes from himAnd belongs to another man,Will he still return to her?Will not that land be completely polluted?But you are a harlot with many lovers;Yet you turn to Me,” declares the Lord.