Job 34:31-32
31 “For has anyone said to God,‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;
32 ateach me what I do not see;
if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
Proverbs 16:6
6By bsteadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,and by cthe fear of the Lord one dturns away from evil.
Proverbs 28:13
13Whoever econceals his transgressions will not prosper,but he who fconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Isaiah 55:6-7
6 g“Seek the Lord while he may be found;call upon him while he is near;
7let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Ezekiel 18:21
21 h“But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does iwhat is just and right, jhe shall surely live; he shall not die.Ezekiel 18:27-32
27Again, kwhen a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?30“Therefore lI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. mRepent and turn from all your transgressions, nlest iniquity be your ruin. ▼
▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
31 pCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and qmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! rWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 sFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; tso turn, and live.” Matthew 3:8
8Bear fruit uin keeping with repentance.
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