Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-mind
But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something
Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve on
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day o
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the ca
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to t
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackclot
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, an
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right,
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go
He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself throu
Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, befor