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The term can be understood both literally and metaphorically, reflecting a shift in physical direction or a transformation in spiritual or moral orientation. Repentance and Turning to God One of the most significant uses of "turn" in the Bible is in the context of repentance. The Hebrew word "shuv" and the Greek word "epistrepho" are often translated as "turn" or "return," signifying a turning away from sin and a turning towards God. This concept is central to the message of the prophets and the teachings of Jesus. In the Old Testament, the call to turn back to God is a recurring theme. For instance, in <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>, God promises healing and restoration if His people turn from their wicked ways: "and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land." Similarly, the prophet Ezekiel emphasizes the importance of turning from sin: "But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die" (<a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21</a>). In the New Testament, John the Baptist and Jesus both preach repentance as a turning to God. John the Baptist's message is clear: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (<a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a>). Jesus echoes this call, urging people to turn from their sins and believe the good news (<a href="/mark/1-15.htm">Mark 1:15</a>). Divine Intervention and Turning of Events The Bible also describes instances where God intervenes in human affairs, causing a turn of events. This can be seen in the account of Joseph, where what was meant for evil by his brothers was turned by God for good (<a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a>). Such divine turns highlight God's sovereignty and His ability to bring about His purposes despite human intentions. Turning of Hearts The turning of hearts is another significant theme. In <a href="/malachi/4-6.htm">Malachi 4:6</a>, the prophet speaks of Elijah's mission to "turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers," indicating a restoration of relationships and a return to righteous living. In the New Testament, the apostle Paul speaks of the conversion of the Gentiles as a turning to God from idols: "They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God" (<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a>). Moral and Spiritual Turning The Bible frequently uses the concept of turning to describe a moral or spiritual change. In Proverbs, wisdom is personified and calls out to the simple to turn from their ways: "Turn to my reproof; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you" (<a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Proverbs 1:23</a>). The call to turn is not only a call to repentance but also an invitation to embrace wisdom, righteousness, and a deeper relationship with God. The act of turning, therefore, is both a human response to divine grace and an essential aspect of spiritual growth and transformation.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1994.htm">1994. epistrepho -- to turn, to return</a> ... 3), returns (2), take back (1), turn (8), turn back (1), turned (6), turned again (1), turned around (1), turning (2), turning around (2), turns (2), turns ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1994.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/1096.htm">1096. ginomai -- to come into being, to happen, to become</a> ... take place (16), taken (2), taken place (5), takes place (1), taking place (3), there arose (1), thundered* (1), took place (7), turned (1), turns (3), would (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1096.htm - 15k<a href="/greek/889.htm">889. achreioo -- to make useless</a> ... Cognate: 889 (from 888 , "without profit") -- properly, to become useless (without utility), like when something turns "sour" and unprofitable (used only in Ro ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/889.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/318a.htm">318a. acharay -- (a man) that turns backward</a> ... 318, 318a. acharay. 318b . (a man) that turns backward. Transliteration: acharay Short Definition: afterward. Word Origin from achar ... /hebrew/318a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/318.htm">318. ochoreyn -- (a man) that turns backward</a> ... 317, 318. ochoreyn. 318a . (a man) that turns backward. Transliteration: ochoreyn Phonetic Spelling: (okh-or-ane') Short Definition: last. at last ... /hebrew/318.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm">7725. shub -- to turn back, return</a> ... 1), turned (16), turned them back (1), turned around (1), turned away (9), turned back (16), turned...back (1), turning (2), turning away (1), turns (7), turns ... /hebrew/7725.htm - 9k <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm">6437. panah -- to turn</a> ... 1), regards (1), return* (1), toward (1), turn (26), turn back (2), turned (40), turned around (1), turned away (1), turned back (2), turns (3), turns away (2 ... /hebrew/6437.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm">5493. sur -- to turn aside</a> ... turn (8), turn aside (25), turn away (12), turn...aside (1), turned (2), turned aside (24), turned away (3), turning aside (1), turning away (3), turns aside (1 ... /hebrew/5493.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/5848a.htm">5848a. ataph -- to turn aside</a> ... ataph. 5848b . to turn aside. Transliteration: ataph Short Definition: turns. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to turn aside NASB Word Usage turns (1). ... /hebrew/5848a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7835.htm">7835. shachar -- to be black</a> ... Short Definition: black. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be black NASB Word Usage turns black (1). be black. A primitive root ... /hebrew/7835.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm">5307. naphal -- to fall, lie</a> ... 5), making (1), perish (1), present (1), presenting (3), prostrating (1), remains (1), settled (1), surely fall (1), throw (2), topple (1), turns (1), void (1 ... /hebrew/5307.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm">5437. sabab -- to turn about, go around, surround</a> ... back (1), turned (12), turned about (4), turned around (2), turned aside (2), turned away (3), turned over (1), turned round (1), turning (5), turns (1), walk ... /hebrew/5437.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm">8130. sane -- to hate</a> ... 1), enemy (3), enmity (1), foes (1), hate (78), hated (28), hated her intensely (1), hates (19), hating (2), hatred (1), turned against (1), turns against (2 ... /hebrew/8130.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-2-60_he_turns_his_mind.htm">He Turns his Mind to Hearsay, to Conjecture, to Criticism...</a> ... [Way-2-60] He turns his mind to hearsay, to conjecture, to criticism? He turns his mind to hearsay, to conjecture, to criticism ... /.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-60 he turns his mind.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_iv_st_ambrose_turns.htm">St. Ambrose Turns against the Novatians Themselves Another ...</a> ... Book II. Chapter IV. St. Ambrose turns against the Novatians themselves another objection concerning blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? St. ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iv st ambrose turns.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_modesty/chapter_xx_from_apostolic_teaching_tertullian.htm">From Apostolic Teaching Tertullian Turns to that of Companions of ...</a> ... Chapter XX."From Apostolic Teaching Tertullian Turns to that of Companions of the Apostles, and of the Law. The discipline, therefore ... /.../tertullian/on modesty/chapter xx from apostolic teaching tertullian.htm<a href="/library/law/the_way_to_divine_knowledge/way-2-59_from_this_idea_of.htm">From this Idea of Knowledge it Is, that when this Rational Man ...</a> ... [Way-2-59] From this idea of knowledge it is, that when this rational man turns his thoughts? From this idea of knowledge it is ... /.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-59 from this idea of.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xl_such_is_our.htm">Such is Our Doctrine of Punishment; and the Inculcation of this ...</a> ... Chapter XL. Such is our doctrine of punishment; and the inculcation of this doctrine turns many from? Such is our doctrine of ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xl such is our.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_resurrection_of_the_flesh/chapter_xvi_the_heretics_called_the.htm">The Heretics Called the Flesh "The Vessel of the Soul," in Order ...</a> ... Responsibility of the Body. Their Cavil Turns Upon Themselves and Shows the Flesh to Be a Sharer in Human Actions. When, however, we ... /.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xvi the heretics called the.htm<a href="/library/methodius/the_banquet_of_the_ten_virgins_or_concerning_chastity/chapter_ii_the_digressions_of_the.htm">The Digressions of the Apostle Paul; the Character of his Doctrine ...</a> ... The Digressions of the Apostle Paul; The Character of His Doctrine: Nothing in It Contradictory; Condemnation of Origen, Who Wrongly Turns Everything into ... /.../chapter ii the digressions of the.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xv_whether_these_four.htm">Whether These Four Kinds of Prayers are Necessary for Everyone to ...</a> ... Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XV. Whether these four kinds of prayers are necessary for everyone to offer all at once or separately and in turns. ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv whether these four.htm<a href="/library/rolle/the_fire_of_love/chapter_xvii_how_perfect_love.htm">How Perfect Love is Gotten by Cleanness and Love: and of Imperfect ...</a> ... In all other things all that is too mickle turns to vice, but the more the strength of love surpasses the more glorious it shall be. ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xvii how perfect love.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_sword_of_the_lord.htm">The Sword of the Lord</a> ... Bearing the cup of woes, he turns to one after another of the ancestral enemies of Israel, Egypt and Philistia on the south and west, Moab on the south and east ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the sword of the lord.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/turns.htm">Turns (80 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Turns (80 Occurrences). ... (DBY). 2 Corinthians 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ... /t/turns.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/a/alternate.htm">Alternate (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (a.) Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. ... /a/alternate.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/h/hinge.htm">Hinge (1 Occurrence)</a> ... 1. (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a ... /h/hinge.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/c/conversion.htm">Conversion (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Thus, conversion denotes the human volition and act by which man in obedience to the Divine summons determines to change the course of his life and turns to God ... /c/conversion.htm - 21k<a href="/topical/c/commits.htm">Commits (39 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezekiel 18:24 But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man ... /c/commits.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon (66 Occurrences)</a> ... is the Nahr ez-Zaherany, which, after running 25 or 30 miles in a southerly direction through the center of the range, like the Litany, turns abruptly West ... /l/lebanon.htm - 45k<a href="/topical/t/turn.htm">Turn (963 Occurrences)</a> ... 9. (vt) To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly. 10. (vt) To ... /t/turn.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/u/upside.htm">Upside (7 Occurrences)</a> ... Psalms 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT). ... /u/upside.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/f/fears.htm">Fears (40 Occurrences)</a> ... For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil." (WEB RSV NIV). ... /f/fears.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/r/returns.htm">Returns (27 Occurrences)</a> ... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Ecclesiastes 1:6 The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as ... /r/returns.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/turning-away-from-God.html">What are the consequences of nations turning away from God? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/hallowed-be-thy-name.html">What does hallowed be thy name in the Lord's Prayer mean? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-juke.html">What is a Jesus juke? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Turns (80 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/18-13.htm">Matthew 18:13</a> If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/12-54.htm">Luke 12:54</a> He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say,'A shower is coming,' and so it happens. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/12-55.htm">Luke 12:55</a> When a south wind blows, you say,'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/17-4.htm">Luke 17:4</a> If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying,'I repent,' you shall forgive him." (Root in WEB WEY NAS RSV)<a href="/acts/26-24.htm">Acts 26:24</a> And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness. (DBY)<a href="/2_corinthians/3-16.htm">2 Corinthians 3:16</a> But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a> My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God: (See NIV)<a href="/james/5-19.htm">James 5:19</a> Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, (WEB NAS)<a href="/james/5-20.htm">James 5:20</a> let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">2 Peter 2:22</a> But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire." (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/27-44.htm">Genesis 27:44</a> Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns away; (WEB RSV)<a href="/genesis/27-45.htm">Genesis 27:45</a> until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and fetch thee from thence; why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?' (See RSV)<a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Leviticus 13:2</a> "When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons, the priests: (See RSV)<a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Leviticus 13:16</a> Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest; (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6</a> "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/22-13.htm">Deuteronomy 22:13</a> If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her, (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/24-3.htm">Deuteronomy 24:3</a> If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18</a> lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/30-17.htm">Deuteronomy 30:17</a> But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joshua/15-2.htm">Joshua 15:2</a> And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; (DBY NAS)<a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Joshua 15:3</a> And it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka. (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Joshua 16:6</a> And the border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah. (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/19-14.htm">Joshua 19:14</a> And the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtahel; (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/19-27.htm">Joshua 19:27</a> And it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun and to the valley of Iphtahel northward at Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/19-29.htm">Joshua 19:29</a> And the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea from Hebel to Achzib; (See RSV)<a href="/joshua/19-34.htm">Joshua 19:34</a> And the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising. (See RSV)<a href="/ruth/3-18.htm">Ruth 3:18</a> Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day." (See NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm">2 Samuel 22:29</a> For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/11-6.htm">2 Kings 11:6</a> A third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. (See NIV)<a href="/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4</a> His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. (See NIV)<a href="/job/1-8.htm">Job 1:8</a> Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil." (WEB RSV)<a href="/job/2-3.htm">Job 2:3</a> Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause." (WEB RSV)<a href="/job/23-9.htm">Job 23:9</a> He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him. (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/job/24-18.htm">Job 24:18</a> He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards. (See RSV)<a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a> My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/18-28.htm">Psalms 18:28</a> For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Psalms 107:33</a> He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, (WEB RSV)<a href="/psalms/107-35.htm">Psalms 107:35</a> He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. (WEB RSV)<a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Psalms 114:8</a> Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalms 146:9</a> Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. (WEB)<a href="/proverbs/12-26.htm">Proverbs 12:26</a> The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them. (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/14-16.htm">Proverbs 14:16</a> The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/15-1.htm">Proverbs 15:1</a> A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/16-17.htm">Proverbs 16:17</a> A highway of the upright 'is', 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way. (See RSV)<a href="/proverbs/17-8.htm">Proverbs 17:8</a> A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/21-1.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a> The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/26-14.htm">Proverbs 26:14</a> As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Proverbs 28:9</a> He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:6</a> The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:7</a> Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1</a> Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. (WEB)<a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Isaiah 24:11</a> There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/41-2.htm">Isaiah 41:2</a> Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow. (See NIV)<a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">Isaiah 44:25</a> who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Isaiah 59:15</a> And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment. (See NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Jeremiah 8:4</a> Moreover thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD: do men fall, and not rise up again? Doth one turn away, and not return? (See RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Jeremiah 8:6</a> I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. (WEB RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a> Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Jeremiah 14:8</a> You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night? (WEB RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a> Thus said Jehovah: Cursed 'is' the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/18-8.htm">Jeremiah 18:8</a> And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/23-14.htm">Jeremiah 23:14</a> And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me -- all of them -- as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/48-39.htm">Jeremiah 48:39</a> How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/49-24.htm">Jeremiah 49:24</a> Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail. (WEB)<a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a> Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/3-3.htm">Lamentations 3:3</a> Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day. (WEB RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/3-20.htm">Ezekiel 3:20</a> And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-21.htm">Ezekiel 18:21</a> And the wicked -- when he turneth back From all his sins that he hath done, And he hath kept all My statutes, And hath done judgment and righteousness, He doth surely live, he doth not die. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a> But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-26.htm">Ezekiel 18:26</a> When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-27.htm">Ezekiel 18:27</a> Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-28.htm">Ezekiel 18:28</a> Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. (WEB NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/33-12.htm">Ezekiel 33:12</a> You, son of man, tell the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his disobedience; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall he who is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sins. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/33-14.htm">Ezekiel 33:14</a> And in My saying to the wicked: Thou surely diest, And -- he hath turned back from his sin, And hath done judgment and righteousness, (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/33-18.htm">Ezekiel 33:18</a> When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/33-19.htm">Ezekiel 33:19</a> When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Joel 2:6</a> At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale. (See NIV)<a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Amos 4:13</a> For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name." (See NIV)<a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Amos 5:8</a> seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name, (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/nahum/2-8.htm">Nahum 2:8</a> And Nineveh 'is' as a pool of waters, From of old it 'is' -- and they are fleeing! 'Stand ye, stand;' and none is turning! 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