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Joel 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

And rendd your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for hef is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Isa. 66:2• ²For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
¹⁵But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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rend.Here the word "rend" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent.

2 Kings 22:19• ¹⁹Because 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. (2 Kings 22:19)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Ezek. 9:4• ⁴And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)

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Matt. 5:3‑4• ³Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:3‑4)

your garments.

Gen. 37:29,34• ²⁹And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29,34)

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2 Sam. 1:11• ¹¹Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: (2 Sam. 1:11)

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1 Kings 21:27• ²⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (1 Kings 21:27)

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2 Kings 5:7• ⁷And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. (2 Kings 5:7)

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2 Kings 6:30• ³⁰And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. (2 Kings 6:30)

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2 Kings 22:11• ¹¹And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. (2 Kings 22:11)

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Job 1:20• ²⁰Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, (Job 1:20)

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Isa. 58:5• ⁵Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? (Isa. 58:5)

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Matt. 6:16‑18• ¹⁶Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
¹⁸That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. (Matt. 6:16‑18)

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1 Tim. 4:8• ⁸For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. (1 Tim. 4:8)

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Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Num. 14:18• ¹⁸The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. (Num. 14:18)

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Psa. 145:7‑9• ⁷They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
⁸The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
⁹The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. (Psa. 145:7‑9)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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Mic. 7:18• ¹⁸Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Mic. 7:18)

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Rom. 2:4• ⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
²¹That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)

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Eph. 2:4• ⁴But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (Eph. 2:4)

slow.

Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Psa. 103:8• ⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Psa. 103:8)

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Nah. 1:3• ³The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)

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James 1:19‑20• ¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
²⁰For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. (James 1:19‑20)

and repenteth.

Psa. 106:45• ⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. (Psa. 106:45)

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Jer. 18:7‑8• ⁷At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
⁸If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. (Jer. 18:7‑8)

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Amos 7:2‑6• ²And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
³The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
⁴Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
⁵Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
⁶The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God. (Amos 7:2‑6)

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J. N. Darby Translation

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindnessd, and repenteth him of the evil.

JND Translation Notes

See Ex. 34.6.