If they
shall confess
their iniquity,
and the iniquity
of their fathers,
with their trespass
which they
trespassed against me,
and
that also
they have walked contrary
unto me;
And that
I also have walked contrary
unto them,
and have brought them
into the land
of their enemies;
if then
their uncircumcised hearts
be humbled,
and they then
accept
of the punishment
of their iniquity:
Then will
I remember
my covenant
with Jacob,
and also my covenant
with Isaac,
and also my covenant
with Abraham
will
I remember;
and
I will remember
the land.
Speak
unto the children
of Israel,
When a man
or woman
shall commit any sin
that men commit,
to do a trespass
against the LORD,
and that person
be guilty;
Then
they shall confess
their sin
which they
have done:
and
he shall recompense
his trespass
with the principal
thereof,
and add
unto it
the fifth part
thereof,
and give it
unto him
against whom
he hath trespassed.
But
if from thence
thou shalt seek
the LORD thy God,
thou shalt find him,
if thou
seek him
with all thy heart
and
with all thy soul.
When
thou art
in tribulation,
and all these things
are come upon thee,
even in the latter days,
if thou
turn
to the LORD thy God,
and shalt be obedient
unto his voice;
(For the LORD
thy God
is a merciful God;)
he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee,
nor forget
the covenant
of thy
fathers
which he
sware unto them.
O that
there were
such an heart
in them,
that
they would fear me,
and keep all
my commandments
always,
that it
might be well with them,
and with their children for ever!
And it
shall come
to pass,
when all these things
are come upon thee,
the blessing
and the curse,
which I
have set
before thee,
and
thou shalt call them
to mind
among all the nations,
whither
the LORD thy God
hath driven thee,
And shalt return
unto the LORD thy God,
and shalt obey
his voice
according to all
that
I command thee
this day,
thou
and thy children,
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul;
That then
the LORD thy God
will turn
thy captivity,
and have compassion
upon thee,
and will return
and gather thee
from all the nations,
whither
the LORD thy God
hath scattered thee.
If any of thine
be driven out
unto the outmost parts
of heaven,
from thence will
the LORD thy God
gather thee,
and
from thence will
he fetch thee:
And the LORD
thy God
will bring thee
into the land
which thy fathers possessed,
and
thou shalt possess it;
and
he will do thee good,
and multiply
thee above thy fathers.
And the LORD
thy God
will circumcise
thine heart,
and the heart
of thy seed,
to love the LORD
thy God
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul,
that thou
mayest live.
And the LORD
thy God
will put all
these curses
upon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee,
which persecuted thee.
And
thou shalt return
and obey
the voice
of the LORD,
and do all
his commandments
which I
command thee
this day.
And the LORD
thy God
will make thee plenteous
in every work
of thine hand,
in the fruit
of thy body,
and
in the fruit
of thy cattle,
and
in the fruit
of thy land,
for good:
for the LORD
will again rejoice
over thee
for good,
as he
rejoiced over thy fathers:
If thou
shalt hearken
unto the voice
of the LORD thy God,
to keep
his commandments
and his statutes
which are written in this book
of the law,
and
if thou
turn
unto the LORD thy God
with all thine heart,
and
with all thy soul.
Because
thine heart
was tender,
and
thou hast humbled thyself
before the LORD,
when
thou heardest
what
I spake against this place,
and
against the inhabitants
thereof,
that they
should become
a desolation
and a curse,
and hast rent
thy clothes,
and wept
before me;
I also have heard thee,
saith the LORD.
And thou,
Solomon my son,
know
thou the God
of thy father,
and serve him
with a perfect heart
and
with a willing mind:
for the LORD
searcheth all hearts,
and understandeth all
the imaginations
of the thoughts:
if thou
seek him,
he will be found
of thee;
but
if thou
forsake him,
he will cast thee off
for ever.
If thou
return
to the Almighty,
thou shalt be built up,
thou shalt put away iniquity far
from thy tabernacles.
Then shalt thou
lay up gold
as dust,
and the gold
of Ophir
as the stones
of the brooks.
Yea,
the Almighty
shall be
thy defence,
and
thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
For then
shalt
thou have
thy delight
in the Almighty,
and shalt lift
up thy face unto God.
Thou shalt make
thy prayer
unto him,
and
he shall hear thee,
and
thou shalt pay
thy vows.
Thou shalt also decree
a thing,
and it
shall be established
unto thee:
and the light
shall shine upon thy ways.
When men
are cast down,
then
thou shalt say,
There
is lifting up;
and
he shall save
the humble person.
Will
he plead
against me
with his great power?
No;
but
he would put strength in me.
He shall pray
unto God,
and
he will be favourable
unto him:
and he
shall see
his face
with joy:
for he
will render
unto man
his righteousness.
He looketh
upon men,
and if any say,
I have sinned,
and perverted
that which
was right,
and it
profited me not;
He will deliver
his soul
from going
into the pit,
and his life
shall see
the light.
Depart from me,
all
ye workers
of iniquity;
for the LORD
hath heard the voice
of my weeping.
The LORD
hath heard
my supplication;
the LORD
will receive
my prayer.
And they that
know thy
name
will put
their trust
in thee:
for thou,
LORD,
hast not forsaken them
that seek thee.
The meek
shall eat
and be satisfied:
they shall praise
the LORD that
seek him:
your heart
shall live
for ever.
Who shall ascend
into the hill
of the LORD?
or who
shall stand
in his holy place?
He that
hath clean hands,
and a pure heart;
who hath not lifted
up his soul
unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing
from the LORD,
and righteousness
from the God
of his salvation.
This is
the generation
of them that
seek him,
that seek
thy face,
O Jacob.
Selah.
I acknowledge
my sin
unto thee,
and mine iniquity
have I not hid.
I said,
I will confess
my transgressions
unto the LORD;
and
thou forgavest
the iniquity
of my sin.
Selah.
For this
shall
every one
that is
godly
pray
unto thee
in a time
when
thou mayest be found:
surely in the floods
of great waters
they shall not come nigh
unto him.
The LORD
is nigh
unto them that
are of a broken heart;
and saveth
such as be
of a contrite spirit.
The sacrifices
of God
are a broken spirit:
a broken
and a contrite heart,
O God,
thou wilt not despise.
Let all those
that seek thee
rejoice and be glad
in thee:
and let
such as
love thy salvation
say continually,
Let God
be magnified.
O satisfy us early
with thy mercy;
that we
may rejoice
and be glad all
our days.
Make us glad
according to the days
wherein thou
hast afflicted us,
and the years
wherein we
have seen evil.
The LORD
is nigh
unto all
them that call
upon him,
to all that call
upon him
in truth.
He will fulfil
the desire
of them that fear him:
he also will hear
their cry,
and will save them.
He healeth the broken in heart,
and bindeth up their wounds.
Or let him
take
hold
of my strength,
that he
may make peace
with me;
and
he shall make peace
with me.
But if the wicked
will turn
from all
his sins that
he hath committed,
and keep all
my statutes,
and do
that which
is lawful
and right,
he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
All his transgressions that
he hath committed,
they shall not be mentioned
unto him:
in his righteousness
that
he hath done
he shall live.
Have
I any pleasure
at all
that the wicked
should die?
saith the Lord GOD:
and
not
that he
should return
from his ways,
and live?
Blessed
are
they that mourn:
for they
shall be comforted.
For if
ye forgive men
their trespasses,
your heavenly Father
will also forgive you:
But
if ye
forgive not men
their trespasses,
neither will
your Father
forgive your trespasses.
Ask,
and it
shall be given you;
seek,
and
ye shall find;
knock,
and it
shall be opened
unto you:
For every one
that asketh receiveth;
and he
that seeketh findeth;
and to him
that
knocketh
it shall be opened.
Or what man
is there of you,
whom
if his son
ask bread,
will
he give him
a stone?
Or if
he ask a fish,
will
he give him
a serpent?
If ye then,
being evil,
know how
to give good gifts
unto your children,
how much more
shall
your Father
which is in heaven
give good things
to them that ask him?
Come unto me,
all
ye that labour
and are heavy laden,
and I
will give you rest.
Take my yoke
upon you,
and learn of me;
for I
am meek and
lowly in heart:
and
ye shall find
rest
unto your souls.
For my yoke
is easy,
and my burden
is light.
A bruised reed
shall
he not break,
and smoking flax
shall
he not quench,
till he
send forth judgment
unto victory.
Wherefore
I say unto you,
All manner
of sin
and blasphemy
shall be forgiven
unto men:
but
the blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven
unto men.
The Spirit
of the Lord
is upon me,
because
he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel
to the poor;
he hath sent me
to heal
the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance
to the captives,
and recovering
of sight
to the blind,
to set at liberty
them
that are bruised,
Judge not,
and
ye shall not be judged:
condemn not,
and
ye shall not be condemned:
forgive,
and
ye shall be forgiven:
What man of you,
having an hundred sheep,
if he
lose one
of them,
doth not leave the ninety
and nine
in the wilderness,
and go
after that which
is lost,
until he
find it?
And
when
he hath found it,
he layeth it
on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
And
when
he cometh home,
he calleth
together his friends
and neighbours,
saying unto them,
Rejoice with me;
for I
have found my sheep
which was lost.
I say unto you,
that likewise joy
shall be
in heaven
over one sinner
that repenteth,
more than over ninety
and nine
just persons,
which need no repentance.
Either what woman
having ten pieces
of silver,
if she
lose one piece,
doth not light
a candle,
and sweep
the house,
and seek diligently
till she
find it?
And
when
she hath found it,
she calleth her friends
and her neighbours
together,
saying,
Rejoice with me;
for I
have found the piece
which I
had lost.
Likewise,
I say unto you,
there is
joy
in the presence
of the angels
of God
over one sinner
that repenteth.
And he said,
A certain man
had two sons:
And the younger
of them said
to his father,
Father,
give me the portion
of goods
that falleth to me.
And he
divided
unto them his living.
And
not many days
after the younger son
gathered all together,
and took
his journey
into a far country,
and there wasted
his substance
with riotous living.
And
when
he had spent all,
there arose
a mighty famine
in that land;
and
he began
to be in want.
And he
went
and joined himself
to a citizen
of that country;
and he
sent him
into his fields
to feed swine.
And he
would fain
have filled his belly
with the husks
that the swine
did eat:
and
no man
gave unto him.
And
when he
came
to himself,
he said,
How many
hired
servants of my father's
have bread enough
and
to spare,
and I
perish with hunger!
I will arise
and go
to my father,
and
will say unto him,
Father,
I have sinned
against heaven,
and before thee,
And am
no more worthy
to be called thy son:
make me
as one of thy
hired servants.
And he arose,
and came
to his father.
But
when he
was yet
a great way off,
his father
saw him,
and had
compassion,
and ran,
and fell
on his neck,
and kissed him.
And the son
said unto him,
Father,
I have sinned
against heaven,
and in thy sight,
and am
no more worthy
to be called thy son.
But the father
said
to his servants,
Bring forth
the best robe,
and put it
on him;
and put
a ring
on his hand,
and shoes
on his feet:
And bring hither
the fatted calf,
and kill it;
and let us eat,
and be merry:
For this
my son
was dead,
and is alive again;
he was lost,
and is found.
And
they began
to be merry.
Now his elder son
was in the field:
and as he
came
and drew nigh
to the house,
he heard musick
and dancing.
And he
called one
of the servants,
and asked
what these things meant.
And
he said unto him,
Thy brother
is come;
and thy
father
hath killed
the fatted calf,
because
he hath received him safe
and sound.
And he
was angry,
and would not go in:
therefore came his father out,
and intreated him.
And he
answering
said to his father,
Lo,
these many years
do
I serve thee,
neither transgressed
I at any time
thy commandment:
and yet
thou never gavest me a kid,
that I
might make merry
with my friends:
But
as soon as this
thy son
was come,
which hath devoured thy
living
with harlots,
thou hast killed
for him the fatted calf.
And
he said unto him,
Son,
thou art
ever with me,
and all that
I have
is thine.
It was
meet that
we should make merry,
and be glad:
for this
thy brother
was dead,
and is alive again;
and was lost,
and is found.
Two men
went up
into the temple
to pray;
the one a Pharisee,
and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus
with himself,
God,
I thank thee,
that I
am not
as other men are,
extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
or even as this publican.
I fast twice
in the week,
I give
tithes of all
that I possess.
And the publican,
standing afar off,
would not lift
up so much as
his eyes
unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast,
saying,
God be merciful
to me a sinner.
I tell you,
this man
went down
to his house
justified rather than
the other:
for every one
that exalteth himself
shall be abased;
and he
that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
All
that the Father giveth me
shall come to me;
and him
that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out.
I am the door:
by me if
any man enter in,
he shall be saved,
and shall go in
and out,
and find pasture.
Be it
known
unto you therefore,
men and brethren,
that through this man
is preached
unto you
the forgiveness
of sins:
And by him all
that believe
are justified
from all things,
from which
ye could not be justified
by the law
of Moses.
That if
thou shalt confess
with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe
in thine heart
that God
hath raised him
from the dead,
thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and
with the mouth
confession
is made
unto salvation.
For the scripture saith,
Whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference
between the Jew
and the Greek:
for the same Lord
over all is rich
unto all that call
upon him.
For whosoever
shall call upon the name
of the Lord
shall be saved.
If we
confess our sins,
he is faithful
and
just to forgive us
our sins,
and
to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.