Jeremiah 42:10
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10 ‘If you will still remain in this land, then (A)I will build you and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pluck you up. For I (B)relent concerning the disaster that I have brought upon you.
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Ezekiel 36:36
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36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. (A)I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”
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Jeremiah 31:28
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28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have (A)watched over them (B)to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them (C)to build and to plant, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 24:6
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6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and (A)I will bring them back to this land; (B)I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
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Joel 2:13
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13 So (A)rend your heart, and not (B)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (C)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
Amos 7:6
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6 So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.
Jeremiah 33:7
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7 And (A)I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places (B)as at the first.
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Jonah 4:2
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2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I (A)fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a (B)gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
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Jonah 3:10
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10 (A)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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Amos 7:3
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3 So (A)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
Hosea 11:8
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8 “How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
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- Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
Jeremiah 18:7-10
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7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to (A)pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 (B)if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, (C)I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
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Exodus 32:14
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14 So the Lord (A)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.
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Acts 15:16
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16 ‘After(A) this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;
Jeremiah 26:19
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19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah ever put him to death? (A)Did he not fear the Lord and (B)seek the Lord’s favor? And the Lord (C)relented concerning the doom which He had pronounced against them. (D)But we are doing great evil against ourselves.”
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Psalm 106:45
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45 (A)And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And (B)relented (C)according to the multitude of His mercies.
Psalm 102:16
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16 For the Lord shall build up Zion;
(A)He shall appear in His glory.
Psalm 69:35
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35 (A)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
Psalm 37:3
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3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
2 Samuel 24:16
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16 (A)And when the [a]angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, (B)the Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of [b]Araunah the Jebusite.
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- 2 Samuel 24:16 Or Angel
- 2 Samuel 24:16 Ornan, 1 Chr. 21:15
Judges 2:18
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18 And when the Lord raised up judges for them, (A)the Lord was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; (B)for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
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Deuteronomy 32:36
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36 “For(A) the Lord will judge His people
(B)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (C)there is no one remaining, bond or free.
Genesis 26:2-3
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2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: (A)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in (B)the land of which I shall tell you. 3 (C)Dwell in this land, and (D)I will be with you and (E)bless you; for to you and your descendants (F)I give all these lands, and I will perform (G)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
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