Proverbs 28:13

13Whoever aconceals his transgressions will not prosper,
but he who bconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Isaiah 1:16-19

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.
19 jIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;

Isaiah 55:7

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.

Jeremiah 7:5-7

5For if you truly kamend your ways and your deeds, if you truly lexecute justice one with another, 6if you mdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place, oand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 pthen I will let you dwell in this place, qin the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

Jeremiah 18:11

11Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. rReturn, every one from his evil way, and samend your ways and your deeds.’

Jeremiah 26:13

13Now therefore tmend your ways and your deeds, uand obey the voice of the Lord your God, vand the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 35:15

15I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them wpersistently, saying, xTurn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and ydo not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ zBut you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

Ezekiel 18:30-31

30Therefore aaI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. abRepent and turn from all your transgressions, aclest iniquity be your ruin.
Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
31 aeCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and afmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! agWhy will you die, O house of Israel?
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