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Acts 8:22

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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
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  1. 2 Timothy 2:25–26Rank 1 from verse 22
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    25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

    26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  2. Daniel 4:27Rank 2 from verse 22
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    27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  3. Hebrews 4:12Rank 3 from verse 22
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  4. Acts 17:30Rank 4 from verse 22
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    30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

  5. Acts 9:11Rank 5 from verse 22
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    11And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

  6. Luke 11:9–13Rank 6 from verse 22
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    9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

    10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

    11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

    12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

    13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

  7. Matthew 7:7–8Rank 7 from verse 22
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    7¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

    8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

  8. Romans 2:4Rank 8 from verse 22
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    4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

  9. Acts 2:38Rank 9 from verse 22
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    38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  10. Acts 3:19Rank 10 from verse 22
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    19¶ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

  11. Acts 8:20Rank 11 from verse 22
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    20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

  12. Deuteronomy 4:29–30Rank 12 from verse 22
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    29But 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.

    30When 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;

  13. Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 13 from verse 22
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  14. Jonah 3:9Rank 14 from verse 22
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    9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  15. Revelation 2:21Rank 15 from verse 22
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    21And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

  16. 1 Kings 8:47–48Rank 16 from verse 22
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    47Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

    48And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

  17. 2 Chronicles 33:12–13Rank 17 from verse 22
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    12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

    13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

  18. Amos 5:15Rank 18 from verse 22
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    15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  19. Amos 5:6Rank 19 from verse 22
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    6Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

  20. Joel 2:13–14Rank 20 from verse 22
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    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

    14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  21. Jonah 1:6Rank 21 from verse 22
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    6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

  22. Revelation 3:17–18Rank 22 from verse 22
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    17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

    18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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Acts 8:22

COMBINED MEANING

repent

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To change one's mind and purpose concerning what has been done or intended, often coupled with grief or sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:14Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

8:15Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

8:16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

8:17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

8:19Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

8:20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

8:21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

8:22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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8:23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

8:24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

8:25And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

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