Luke 15:20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
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Luke 15:20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
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Genesis 29:11
And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
Genesis 29:13
And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.
1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:
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Leviticus 26:41
So that I went against them and sent them away into the land of their haters: if then the pride of their hearts is broken and they take the punishment of their sins,
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
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Psalms 103:13
As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
Psalms 106:45
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
Isaiah 63:9
It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.
Lamentations 3:22
It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.
Hosea 11:9
I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.
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Hosea 14:1
O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
Zechariah 1:3
And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.
Malachi 3:7
From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?
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Luke 15:7
I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.
Luke 15:15
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
Luke 15:16
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
Luke 15:25
Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.
Luke 15:26
And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.
Luke 15:27
And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.
Luke 15:28
But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.
Luke 15:29
But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
Luke 15:30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
Luke 15:31
And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.
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