Psalms 78:34

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When He killed them, they sought Him; they repented and earnestly sought God.

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  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
  • Num 21:7 : 7 The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people.
  • Judg 3:8-9 : 8 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim. The Israelites served Cushan-Rishathaim for eight years. 9 When the Israelites cried out to the Lord, He raised up a deliverer for them, Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, who saved them.
  • Judg 3:12-15 : 12 The Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord gave strength to Eglon, king of Moab, to overpower Israel because they had done evil in the Lord's sight. 13 Eglon gathered the Ammonites and Amalekites to himself, set out, and defeated Israel. They took possession of the City of Palms. 14 The Israelites served Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years. 15 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and He raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to deliver their tribute to Eglon, king of Moab.
  • Judg 4:3 : 3 The Israelites cried out to the LORD for help, for Sisera had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the Israelites cruelly for twenty years.
  • Judg 10:7-9 : 7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. 8 They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was greatly distressed. 10 Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, 'We have sinned against You, for we have abandoned our God and served the Baals.'
  • Isa 26:6 : 6 The feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the needy, will trample it.
  • Jer 22:23 : 23 You who live in Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, anguish like that of a woman in labor!
  • Hos 7:14 : 14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

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    35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their Redeemer.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
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    4 But in their trouble, they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, sought Him, and He was found by them.

  • Ps 78:38-42
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    38 Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.

    39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

    40 How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the wasteland!

    41 Again and again they tested God and limited the Holy One of Israel.

    42 They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from their enemy,

  • Ps 78:29-33
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    29 They ate and were filled abundantly, for He gave them what they craved.

    30 But while the food was still in their mouths, they were not yet free of their craving.

    31 Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.

    32 Despite all this, they kept on sinning and did not believe in His wondrous works.

    33 So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

  • Job 34:27
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    27 Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

  • Ps 78:17-18
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    17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling against the Most High in the dry wasteland.

    18 They tested God in their hearts by demanding the food they craved.

  • Ps 106:43-44
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    43 Many times He delivered them, but they were rebellious in their plans and sank into their iniquity.

    44 Yet He saw their distress when He heard their cry.

  • Neh 9:28
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    28 But as soon as they had rest, they returned to doing evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to their enemies, who ruled over them. Yet when they again cried out to You, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your abundant mercy.

  • Deut 32:37
    69%

    37 And He will say: 'Where are their gods? The rock they sought refuge in?

  • Judg 2:19
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    19 But when the judge died, they returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods, serving them, and bowing down to them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

  • Prov 1:28
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    28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.

  • Neh 9:17-18
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    17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.

    18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,

  • Deut 4:30
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    30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

  • Ps 106:29
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    29 They provoked the LORD to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

  • Ps 107:6
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    6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

  • Ps 53:2
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    2 The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and have committed terrible injustice; there is no one who does good.

  • Lam 3:40
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    40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

  • Isa 58:2
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    2 Day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments and delight in drawing near to God.

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    56 But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep His decrees.

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    34 The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.

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    27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD (the Ark of the Covenant of God was there in those days),

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    47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';

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    6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.

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    15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

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    8 Lord our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

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    11 They forgot His deeds and the wonders He had shown them.

  • Neh 9:26
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    26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

  • Ps 106:14
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    14 In the wilderness, they craved intensely and tested God in the wasteland.

  • Ps 27:8
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    8 My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.

  • Ps 107:28
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    28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

  • Ps 107:13
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    13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • 1 Kgs 8:33
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    33 When Your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and if they turn back to You, confess Your name, pray, and plead with You in this house,

  • Ps 107:19
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    19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • Job 8:4-5
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    4 If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.

    5 But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,

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    16 LORD, in their distress they sought You; they poured out whispered prayers when Your discipline was upon them.

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    3 then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

  • 1 Sam 12:10
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    10 Then they cried out to the LORD, saying, 'We have sinned, for we have abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now, deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'