'Turns' in the Bible

until your brother’s rage turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”

But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.

“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.

you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable thing has happened among you,

and if you are told or hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,

The judges are to make a careful investigation, and if the witness turns out to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,

Look and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans of Judah.”

A third are to be at the Sur gate and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns providing protection for the palace.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

yet the food in his stomach turnsinto cobras’ venom inside him.

When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

He turns rivers into desert,springs of water into thirsty ground,

He turns a desert into a pool of water,dry land into springs of water.

The desire of the righteous turns out well,but the hope of the wicked leads to wrath.

A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,but a fool is easily angered and is careless.

A gentle answer turns away anger,but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.

A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.

A door turns on its hinges,and a slacker, on his bed.

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—even his prayer is detestable.

The one who gives to the poorwill not be in need,but one who turns his eyes awaywill receive many curses.

Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,and a bribe destroys the mind.

Truth is missing,and whoever turns from evil is plundered.The Lord saw that there was no justice,and He was offended.

This is what the Lord says:The man who trusts in mankind,who makes human flesh his strengthand turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.

However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

Among the prophets of Jerusalem alsoI saw a horrible thing:They commit adultery and walk in lies.They strengthen the hands of evildoers,and none turns his back on evil.They are all like Sodom to Me;Jerusalem’s residents are like Gomorrah.

ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;therefore, she has become an object of scorn.All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness.She herself groans and turns away.

Yes, He repeatedly turns His handagainst me all day long.

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

“Now if the wicked person turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will certainly live; he will not die.

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked?” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Instead, don’t I take pleasure when he turns from his ways and lives?

But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has practiced.

But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

“Now, son of man, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won’t be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

But if a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

The One who made the Pleiades and Orion,who turns darkness into dawnand darkens day into night,who summons the waters of the seaand pours them out over the face of the earth—Yahweh is His name.

Nineveh has been like a pool of waterfrom her first days,but they are fleeing.“Stop! Stop!” they cry,but no one turns back.

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back,

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.