Joel 2:13

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And rent your heartes and not your garmentes, & turne you vnto the Lorde your God, for he is gratious & mercifull, slowe to anger, and of great goodnesse, and he wyll repent him of the euyll.

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  • Ps 34:18 : 18 God is nye vnto them that are of a contrite heart: and saueth such as be of an humble spirite.
  • Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed vnto the Lorde, and saide: I pray thee O Lorde, was not this my saying when I was yet in my countrey? therfore I hasted to flee into Tharsis: For I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and mercifull, long suffering, and of great kindnesse, and repentest thee of euill.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious: and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy: long yet thou be angry, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite: O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart.
  • 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because thyne heart dyd melt, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe before me the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabiters of the same, howe that they should be destroyed and accursed: and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me, of that also haue I hearde sayth the Lorde:
  • Gen 37:29 : 29 Then Ruben came agayne vnto the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,
  • Gen 37:34 : 34 And Iacob rent his clothes, & put sackcloth about his loynes, and mourned for his sonne a long season.
  • Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the Lorde passed by before hym, and cryed, Lorde, Lorde, God, strong, mercyfull and gracious, long suffering, and aboundaunt in goodnes & trueth, 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes, forgeuing wickednes, vngodlynes and sinne, and not leauing one innocent, visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, and vpon the chyldrens chyldren, euen vnto the third and fourth generation.
  • 2 Sam 1:11 : 11 Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes, and rent them, and so did all the men that were with him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it fortuned, that whe Ahab heard those wordes, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth & wene bare foote.
  • Jer 18:7-8 : 7 When I take in hande to roote out, to destroy, or to waste away any people or kyngdome: 8 If that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuised, conuert from their wickednesse, I repent of the plague that I deuised to bryng vpon them.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous. 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death: euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe, by Iesus Christe our Lorde.
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Iob stoode vp, and rent his clothes, & shaued his head, fell downe vpon the ground, worshipped,
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 But God which is ryche in mercie, for his great loue wherwith he loued vs,
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodyly exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges, hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe, and of that which is to come.
  • Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Wherfore my deare brethre, let euery man be swyft to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. 20 For the wrath of man, worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Go through the citie, euen through Hierusalem, & set a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne, and are sory for all the abhominations that be done therin.
  • Amos 7:2-6 : 2 And when they hath made an end of eating the grasse of the lande, then I sayde, O Lorde God, spare I beseche thee: who shall rayse vp Iacob? for he is smal. 3 So the Lorde repented for this: it shall not be, sayth the Lorde. 4 Thus also hath the Lord God shewed vnto me, and behold, the Lord God called to iudgement, by fire, & it deuoured the great deepe, and did eate vp a part. 5 Then sayde I, O Lorde God, ceasse I beseche thee: who shall rayse vp Iacob? for he is smal. 6 So the Lord repented for this: this also shall not be, sayth the Lorde God.
  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Thinke ye this fast pleaseth me, that a man shoulde chasten hym selfe for a day? and to hang downe his head like a bulrushe, and to lye vpon the earth in an heerie cloth? Should that be called fasting, or a day that pleaseth the Lord?
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 As for these thynges, my hande hath made them all, and they are all created saith the Lorde: which of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite, and standeth in awe of my wordes.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The Lorde is slowe to anger, and also of great power, and in no case will not acquite the wicked, the Lordes dealing is with blustring tempest and whirle winde, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete.
  • Matt 5:3-4 : 3 Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 4 Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted.
  • Matt 6:16-18 : 16 Moreouer, when ye fast, be not of an heauy countenaunce, as hypocrites are. For they disfigure theyr faces, that they myght appeare vnto men, to fast. Ueryly I say vnto you, they haue theyr rewarde. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, annoynt thyne head, and washe thy face: 18 That thou appeare not vnto men, to fast: but vnto thy father, which is in secrete, and thy father, which seeth in secrete, shall rewarde thee openly.
  • Rom 2:4 : 4 Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes, & pacience, and long sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentauce?
  • 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it fortuned, that when the king of Israel had red the letter, he rent his clothes, and saide: Am I God, that I should slay, and make a lyue? For he doth send to me that I should delyuer a man from his leprosie: Wherefore consider I pray you, & see how he seeketh a quarell against me.
  • 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to passe, that when the king hearde the wordes of the woman, he rent his clothes, and went vp on the wall, and the people loked, and beholde he had a sackcloth vnder vpon his fleshe.
  • 2 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And it fortuned, that when the king had hearde the wordes of the booke of the lawe, he rent his clothes.
  • Num 14:18 : 18 The Lorde is long yer he be angrie, and of great mercy, and suffreth iniquitie and sinne, and leaueth no man innocent, and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren, in the thirde and fourth generations.
  • Neh 9:17 : 17 And woulde not obey, neither were mindeful of the wonders that thou diddest for the: but hardened their neckes, and had in their heades to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: But thou O God of mercies, gracious, and full of compassion, of long suffering, and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.
  • Ps 103:8 : 8 God is full of compassion and pitie: loth to be angry, and exceedyng great in mercie.
  • Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembred his couenaunt: and repented, according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Ps 145:7-9 : 7 They shall vtter out of their mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kyndnesse: and they shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse. 8 God is gratious and mercifull: loth to be angry, and great in louing kindnesse. 9 God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes.

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    8And let both man & beast put on sackcloth, and crye mightyly vnto God: yea let euery man turne from his euill way, and from the wickednesse that is in his handes.

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    19Because thyne heart dyd melt, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe before me the Lorde, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabiters of the same, howe that they should be destroyed and accursed: and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me, of that also haue I hearde sayth the Lorde:

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    13Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes, howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter, come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God: for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God.

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    3(If peraduenture they wyll hearken and turne euery man from his wicked way, that I may also repent of the plague which I haue determined to bryng vpon them, because of their wicked inuentions.)

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    3And say thou vnto them, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes: Turne you vnto me saith the Lord of hoastes, & I wil turne vnto you, sayth the Lord of hoastes.

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    21The voyce of the children of Israel was hearde on hye, weepyng and waylyng: for that they haue defiled their way, and forgotten God their Lorde.

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    22Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse, & praye God, if perhaps ye thought of thyne heart may be forgeuen thee.

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    5And the men of Niniue beleued God, and proclaymed a fast, and put on sackecloth from the greatest of them to the leaste of them.

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    14And the Lorde refrayned hym selfe from the euill whiche he sayd he would do vnto his people.

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    9And now I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: (this euill hath ben done by your meanes) wyll he regarde your persons, saith the Lorde of hoastes?

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    13Turne agayne O God (what, for euer wylt thou be angry?) and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes.