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Psalms 34:18
The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.
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Psalms 86:15
But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
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Exodus 34:6-7
The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“ The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
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Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“ I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
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Matthew 5:3-4
“ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.“ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Micah 7:18
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
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2 Samuel 1 11
David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
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James 1:19-20
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.For human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.
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Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the LORD and said,“ Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
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Psalms 86:5
Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
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Romans 5:20-21
Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2 Kings 22 19
‘ You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
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Isaiah 66:2
My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.
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Job 1:20
Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
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Jeremiah 18:7-8
There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.
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Psalms 103:8
The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
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1 Kings 21 27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
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Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.
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Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
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Genesis 37:29
Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,
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1 Timothy 4 8
For“ physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
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Romans 2:4
Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
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2 Kings 6 30
When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.
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Matthew 6:16-18
“ When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
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Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
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2 Kings 5 7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“ Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”
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Numbers 14:18
‘ The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.’
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2 Kings 22 11
When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
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Psalms 106:45
He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.
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Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished. He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet.
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Isaiah 58:5
Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?
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Psalms 145:7-9
They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.The LORD is merciful and compassionate; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.The LORD is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.
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Ezekiel 9:4
The LORD said to him,“ Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”
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Amos 7:2-6
When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,“ Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”The LORD decided not to do this.“ It will not happen,” the LORD said.The sovereign LORD showed me this: I saw the sovereign LORD summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.I said,“ Sovereign LORD, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”The LORD decided not to do this. The sovereign LORD said,“ This will not happen either.”