Bible Cross References
Yet if
Leviticus 26:40-45
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"But your descendants will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors, who resisted me and rebelled against me,
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and caused me to turn against them and send them into exile in the land of their enemies. At last, when your descendants are humbled and they have paid the penalty for their sin and rebellion,
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I will remember my covenant with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will renew my promise to give my people the land.
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First, however, the land must be rid of its people, so that it can enjoy its complete rest, and they must pay the full penalty for having rejected my laws and my commands.
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But even then, when they are still in the land of their enemies, I will not completely abandon them or destroy them. That would put an end to my covenant with them, and I am the LORD their God.
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I will renew the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I showed all the nations my power by bringing my people out of Egypt, in order that I, the LORD, might be their God."
Deuteronomy 4:29
There you will look for the LORD your God, and if you search for him with all your heart, you will find him.
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in trouble and all those things happen to you, then you will finally turn to the LORD and obey him.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3
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"I have now given you a choice between a blessing and a curse. When all these things have happened to you, and you are living among the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you, you will remember the choice I gave you.
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If you and your descendants will turn back to the LORD and with all your heart obey his commands that I am giving you today,
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then the LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again.
Luke 15:17
At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
We have sinned
Ezra 9:6
I said, "O God, I am too ashamed to raise my head in your presence. Our sins pile up higher than our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.
Ezra 9:7
From the days of our ancestors until now, we, your people, have sinned greatly. Because of our sins we, our kings, and our priests have fallen into the hands of foreign kings, and we have been slaughtered, robbed, and carried away as prisoners. We have been totally disgraced, as we still are today.
Nehemiah 1:6
Look at me, LORD, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned.
Nehemiah 9:26-30
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"But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,
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so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.
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When peace returned, they sinned again, and again you let their enemies conquer them. Yet when they repented and asked you to save them, in heaven you heard, and time after time you rescued them in your great mercy.
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You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.
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Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.
Job 33:27
Each one will say in public, "I have sinned. I have not done right, but God spared me.
Job 33:28
He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive."
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned as our ancestors did; we have been wicked and evil.
Isaiah 64:6-12
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All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind.
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No one turns to you in prayer; no one goes to you for help. You have hidden yourself from us and have abandoned us because of our sins.
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But you are our father, LORD. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us,
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so do not be too angry with us or hold our sins against us forever. We are your people; be merciful to us.
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Your sacred cities are like a desert; Jerusalem is a deserted ruin,
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and our Temple, the sacred and beautiful place where our ancestors praised you, has been destroyed by fire. All the places we loved are in ruins.
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LORD, are you unmoved by all this? Are you going to do nothing and make us suffer more than we can endure?
Jeremiah 3:12-14
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He told me to go and say to Israel, "Unfaithful Israel, come back to me. I am merciful and will not be angry; I will not be angry with you forever.
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Only admit that you are guilty and that you have rebelled against the LORD, your God. Confess that under every green tree you have given your love to foreign gods and that you have not obeyed my commands. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"Unfaithful people, come back; you belong to me. I will take one of you from each town and two from each clan, and I will bring you back to Mount Zion.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.
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We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
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"Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.
Daniel 9:5-11
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"We have sinned, we have been evil, we have done wrong. We have rejected what you commanded us to do and have turned away from what you showed us was right.
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We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and our whole nation.
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You, Lord, always do what is right, but we have always brought disgrace on ourselves. This is true of all of us who live in Judea and in Jerusalem and of all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far because they were unfaithful to you.
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Our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors have acted shamefully and sinned against you, Lord.
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You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.
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We did not listen to you, O LORD our God, when you told us to live according to the laws which you gave us through your servants the prophets.
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All Israel broke your laws and refused to listen to what you said. We sinned against you, and so you brought on us the curses that are written in the Law of Moses, your servant.
Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
Luke 15:19
I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired workers." '