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Deuteronomy 30:2–3

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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.
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  1. Joel 2:12–13Rank 1 from verse 2
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    12¶ Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

    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.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:28–31Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

    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;

    31(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.

  3. Nehemiah 1:9Rank 3 from verse 2
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    9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

  4. 1 John 1:9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  5. 2 Corinthians 3:16Rank 5 from verse 2
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    16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

  6. Ephesians 6:24Rank 6 from verse 2
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    24Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

  7. Lamentations 3:40Rank 7 from verse 2
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  8. 1 Chronicles 29:17Rank 8 from verse 2
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    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

  9. 1 Chronicles 29:9Rank 9 from verse 2
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    9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

  10. Deuteronomy 13:3Rank 10 from verse 2
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    3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  11. Deuteronomy 6:5Rank 11 from verse 2
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    5And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  12. Hosea 14:1–3Rank 12 from verse 2
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    1O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

    2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

    3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

  13. Hosea 3:5Rank 13 from verse 2
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    5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  14. Hosea 6:1–2Rank 14 from verse 2
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    1COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

    2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  15. Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 15 from verse 2
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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.

  16. Jeremiah 29:13Rank 16 from verse 2
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    13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  17. Jeremiah 3:10Rank 17 from verse 2
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    10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

  18. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 18 from verse 2
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  19. Lamentations 3:32Rank 19 from verse 2
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    32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

  20. Psalms 119:80Rank 20 from verse 2
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    80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  21. Psalms 41:12Rank 21 from verse 2
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    12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

  22. Zechariah 12:10Rank 22 from verse 2
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    10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

From verse 3

  1. Jeremiah 29:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

  2. Ezekiel 36:24Rank 2 from verse 3
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    24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

  3. Psalms 147:2Rank 3 from verse 3
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    2The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

  4. Ezekiel 34:12–13Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

    13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

  5. Lamentations 3:32Rank 5 from verse 3
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    32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

  6. Zechariah 8:7–8Rank 6 from verse 3
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    7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

    8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

  7. Jeremiah 31:10Rank 7 from verse 3
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    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

  8. Jeremiah 32:37–44Rank 8 from verse 3
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    37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

    38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

    39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

    40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

    41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

    42For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

    43And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

    44Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

  9. Lamentations 3:22Rank 9 from verse 3
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  10. Romans 11:31Rank 10 from verse 3
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    31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

  11. Romans 11:23Rank 11 from verse 3
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    23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

  12. Isaiah 56:8Rank 12 from verse 3
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    8The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

  13. Psalms 106:45–47Rank 13 from verse 3
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    45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

    46He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

    47Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

  14. Romans 11:26Rank 14 from verse 3
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    26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  15. Ezra 1:1–4Rank 15 from verse 3
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    1NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

    2Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

    3Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

    4And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

  16. Psalms 126:1–4Rank 16 from verse 3
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    1WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

    2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

    3The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

    4Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

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DEFINED WORDS

Deuteronomy 30:2

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

obey

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To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.

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

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command

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Sense 1: To order or direct with authority. Sense 2: An authoritative order, charge, or commandment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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heart

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

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Deuteronomy 30:3

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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scattered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of scatter, meaning to disperse, spread abroad, separate, drive away, divide, cast in different directions, or cause persons, peoples, seed, goods, or forces no longer to remain gathered.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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30:1AND 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,

30:2And 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;

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30:3That 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.

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30:4If 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:

30:5And 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.

30:6And 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.

30:7And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

30:8And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

30:9And 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:

30:10If 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.

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