'Turn' in the Bible

At the turn of the year, an Aramean army went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus.

But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom.

It is in my heart now to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel so that His burning anger may turn away from us.

Don’t become obstinate now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you,

for when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn aside to the right or the left.

They put it into the hands of those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They gave it to the workmen who were working in the Lord’s temple, to repair and restore the temple;

So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo to fight.

When the Jews who lived nearby arrived, they said to us time and again, “Everywhere you turn, they attack us.”

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.They flung Your law behind their backsand killed Your prophetswho warned themin order to turn them back to You.They committed terrible blasphemies.

You warned them to turn back to Your law,but they acted arrogantlyand would not obey Your commands.They sinned against Your ordinances,which a person will live by if he does them.They stubbornly resisted,stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

When they were in their kingdom,with Your abundant goodness that You gave them,and in the spacious and fertile land You set before them,they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

During the year before each young woman’s turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai who had adopted her as his own daughter. When her turn came to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, suggested. Esther won approval in the sight of everyone who saw her.

His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Call out if you please. Will anyone answer you?Which of the holy ones will you turn to?

Caravans turn away from their routes,go up into the desert, and perish.

When I lie down I think:When will I get up?But the evening drags on endlessly,and I toss and turn until dawn.

“Your hands shaped me and formed me.Will You now turn and destroy me?

as you turn your anger against Godand allow such words to leave your mouth?

He said to mankind,“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.And to turn from evil is understanding.”

in order to turn a person from his actionsand suppress his pride.

in order to turn him back from the Pit,so he may shine with the light of life.

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;save me because of Your faithful love.

All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

All the ends of the earth will rememberand turn to the Lord.All the families of the nationswill bow down before You,

Davidic.Lord, I turn to You.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,for I am alone and afflicted.

Do not hide Your face from me;do not turn Your servant away in anger.You have been my helper;do not leave me or abandon me,God of my salvation.

Turn away from evil and do what is good;seek peace and pursue it.

Turn away from evil and do what is good,and dwell there forever.

Turn Your angry gaze from meso that I may be cheered upbefore I die and am gone.”

I turn my ear to a proverb;I explain my riddle with a lyre.

You hate instructionand turn your back on My words.

Turn Your face away from my sinsand blot out all my guilt.

Answer me, Lord,for Your faithful love is good;in keeping with Your great compassion,turn to me.

Therefore His people turn to themand drink in their overflowing words.

Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;let the poor and needy praise Your name.

Then we will not turn away from You;revive us, and we will call on Your name.

I would quickly subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes.”

Turn to me and be gracious to me.Give Your strength to Your servant;save the son of Your female servant.

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

So He said He would have destroyed them—if Moses His chosen onehad not stood before Him in the breachto turn His wrath away from destroying them.

Turn my heart to Your decreesand not to material gain.

Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless;give me life in Your ways.

Turn away the disgrace I dread;indeed, Your judgments are good.

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

Let those who fear You,those who know Your decrees, turn to me.

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

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.Peace be with Israel.

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.

If you respond to my warning,then I will pour out my spirit on youand teach you my words.

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

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

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

Avoid it; don’t travel on it.Turn away from it, and pass it by.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;keep your feet away from evil.

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

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

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

or the Lord will see, be displeased,and turn His wrath away from him.

Mockers inflame a city,but the wise turn away anger.

Before the day breaksand the shadows flee,turn to me, my love, and be like a gazelleor a young stag on the divided mountains. >

Turn your eyes away from me,for they captivate me.Your hair is like a flock of goatsstreaming down from Gilead.

I will turn My hand against youand will burn away your dross completely;I will remove all your impurities.

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.

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.

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

In just a little while My wrath will be spent and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

Like wandering gazellesand like sheep without a shepherd,each one will turn to his own people,each one will flee to his own land.

The Lord of Hosts Himself has planned it;therefore, who can stand in its way?It is His hand that is outstretched,so who can turn it back?

On that day people will look to their Maker and will turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

Those who work with flax will be dismayed;the combers and weavers will turn pale.

a spirit of justiceto the one who sits in judgment,and strengthto those who turn back the battle at the gate.

and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

I will open rivers on the barren heights,and springs in the middle of the plains.I will turn the desert into a pool of waterand dry land into springs of water.

I will lay waste mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation.I will turn rivers into islandsand dry up marshes.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;I will guide them on paths they have not known.I will turn darkness to light in front of themand rough places into level ground.This is what I will do for them,and I will not forsake them.

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

I will be the same until your old age,and I will bear you up when you turn gray.I have made you, and I will carry you;I will bear and save you.

Why was no one there when I came?Why was there no one to answer when I called?Is My hand too short to redeem?Or do I have no power to deliver?Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;I turn the rivers into a wilderness;their fish rot because of lack of waterand die of thirst.

The Lord God has opened My ear,and I was not rebellious;I did not turn back.

Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,and He carried our pains;but we in turn regarded Him stricken,struck down by God, and afflicted.

These dogs have fierce appetites;they never have enough.And they are shepherdswho have no discernment;all of them turn to their own way,every last one for his own gain.

I planted you, a choice vinefrom the very best seed.How then could you turn intoa degenerate, foreign vine?

you claim, “I am innocent.His anger is sure to turn away from me.”But I will certainly judge youbecause you have said, “I have not sinned.”

I thought: How I long to make you My sonsand give you a desirable land,the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations.I thought: You will call Me, my Father,and never turn away from Me.

Because of this, the earth will mourn;the skies above will grow dark.I have spoken; I have planned,and I will not relent or turn back from it.

“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:Do people fall and not get up again?If they turn away, do they not return?

Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem?Who will show sympathy toward you?Who will turn asideto ask about your welfare?

I scattered them with a winnowing forkat the gates of the land.I made them childless; I destroyed My people.They would not turn from their ways.

Lord, the hope of Israel,all who abandon Youwill be put to shame.All who turn away from Mewill be written in the dirt,for they have abandonedthe Lord, the fountain of living water.

So now, say to the men of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring harm to you and make plans against you. Turn now, each from your evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds.

Should good be repaid with evil?Yet they have dug a pit for me.Remember how I stood before Youto speak good on their behalf,to turn Your anger from them.

For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:You are like Gilead to Me,or the summit of Lebanon,but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,uninhabited cities.

The Lord’s anger will not turn backuntil He has completely fulfilled the purposes of His heart.In time to come you will understand it clearly.

He announced, ‘Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever.