Job 22:23

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If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

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  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say to the people: The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Turn to me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and I will turn to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Job 11:13-14 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him, 14 if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.
  • Job 8:5-6 : 5 But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, 6 if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.
  • Hos 14:1-2 : 1 Prophetic Call to Genuine Repentance Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall! 2 Return to the LORD and repent! Say to him:“Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
  • Josh 7:13-16 : 13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this:‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,“You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” 14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man. 15 The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the LORD’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’” 16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
  • Job 18:15 : 15 Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
  • Isa 19:22 : 22 The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the LORD and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.
  • Isa 31:6 : 6 You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.” 4 “I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
  • Acts 26:20 : 20 but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Jude 1:20 : 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,

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    5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

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    7Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

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    24and throw your gold in the dust– your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines–

    25then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

    26Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

    27You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.

    28Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

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    13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,

    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

    15For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

    16For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

    18And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

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    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

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    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

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    32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

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    29Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

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    3Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

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    5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

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    6If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

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    5But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,

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    23“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the LORD. And know that your sin will find you out.

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    14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

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    21Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

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    20that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

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    17“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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    27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

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    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

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    22You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them,“Get out!”

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    21Bring us back to yourself, O LORD, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,

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    27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.