Daniel 4:27

Daniel urges the king to repent, practicing righteousness and mercy to the poor. He calls for a changed life that the judgment might be delayed.

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• Isa 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Jonah 3:9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
• Acts 8:22Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
• Ezek 18:27–32But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
• Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
• Jas 4:8–10Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Prov 16:6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
• Ps 41:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Eph 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
• Gen 41:33–37Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
• Gal 5:13For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
• 1 Kgs 21:29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
• Matt 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
• Isa 58:10–12and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
• 1 Pet 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• Ezek 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Prov 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
• Isa 58:5–7Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
• Ps 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
• Ezek 18:21–22But 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.
• Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
• Zeph 2:2–3before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
• Gal 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
• 2 Cor 5:11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
• Acts 10:2–4He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
• Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
• Acts 24:25As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

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