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Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 37:26-27

Ezekiel 37:23 (NIV)
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 37:26-27 (NIV)
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

Psalm 51:12

Psalm 51:12 (NIV)
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalm 27:1

Psalm 27:1 (NIV)
The lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

1 Chronicles 29:13-14

1 Chronicles 29:13-14 (NIV)
Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.

Jeremiah 32:38-41

Jeremiah 32:38-41 (NIV)
They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:22-27, Ezekiel 36:29, Ezekiel 36:31-32, Ezekiel 36:36-37

Ezekiel 36:22-27 (NIV)
"Therefore say to the Israelites, 'This is what the Sovereign lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.

Ezekiel 36:29 (NIV)
I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you.

Ezekiel 36:31-32 (NIV)
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.

Ezekiel 36:36-37 (NIV)
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the lord have spoken, and I will do it.'

Ezekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:4-5, Ezekiel 34:11-12, Ezekiel 34:15-16, Ezekiel 34:26-31

Ezekiel 34:2 (NIV)
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?

Ezekiel 34:4-5 (NIV)
You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

Ezekiel 34:11-12 (NIV)
"'For this is what the Sovereign lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.

Ezekiel 34:15-16 (NIV)
I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign lord.

Ezekiel 34:26-31 (NIV)
I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.

Ezekiel 33:31-32

Ezekiel 33:31-32 (NIV)
My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.

Ezekiel 33:18-19

Ezekiel 33:18-19 (NIV)
If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, they will die for it.

Ezekiel 33:11

Ezekiel 33:11 (NIV)
Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?'

Romans 5:10

Romans 5:10 (NIV)
For if, while we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV)
This is what the lord says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,

Ezekiel 28:17

Ezekiel 28:17 (NIV)
Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the lord establishes their steps.

Psalm 51:1-2

Psalm 51:1-2 (NIV)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Philippians 2:1-4

Philippians 2:1-4 (NIV)
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,

Hebrews 10:19-25

Hebrews 10:19-25 (NIV)
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

Ezekiel 20:44

Ezekiel 20:44 (NIV)
You will know that I am the lord, when I deal with you for my name's sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign lord.'"

Ezekiel 18:30-32

Ezekiel 18:30-32 (NIV)
"Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.

Ezekiel 18:21-23

Ezekiel 18:21-23 (NIV)
"But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.

Ezekiel 17:24

Ezekiel 17:24 (NIV)
All the trees of the forest will know that I the lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. "'I the lord have spoken, and I will do it.'"

2 Corinthians 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

The church in Antioch

Acts 11:19-26 (NIV)
Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews.

Ezekiel 16:49

Ezekiel 16:49 (NIV)
"'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 11:19-20

Ezekiel 11:19-20 (NIV)
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.