Job 34:31
31 “For has anyone said to God,‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
Proverbs 28:13
13Whoever aconceals his transgressions will not prosper,but he who bconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Isaiah 1:16-18
16 cWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
dcease to do evil,
17learn to do good;
eseek justice,
correct oppression;
fbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 “Come now, glet us reason ▼
▼Or dispute
together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as iwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
Isaiah 55:6
6 j“Seek the Lord while he may be found;call upon him while he is near;
Ezekiel 18:30-32
30“Therefore kI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. lRepent and turn from all your transgressions, mlest iniquity be your ruin. ▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
31 oCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and pmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! qWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 rFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; sso turn, and live.” John 5:14
14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! tSin no more, uthat nothing worse may happen to you.”
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