After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our father
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominati
Cry out and wail, O son of man, for the sword is wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! The
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul acco
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will lo
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher t
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of You
What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of f
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done
There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselv
Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your he
Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, star
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin b
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m
I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not o
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.