以賽亞書 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted One says- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
因為那至高至上、永遠長存（原文作住在永遠）名為聖者的如此說：我住在至高至聖的所在，也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居；要使謙卑人的靈甦醒，也使痛悔人的心甦醒。
以賽亞書 44:22
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."
我塗抹了你的過犯，像厚雲消散；我塗抹了你的罪惡，如薄雲滅沒。你當歸向我，因我救贖了你。
詩篇 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
他醫好傷心的人，裹好他們的傷處。
以西結書 18:21
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"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.
None of the offenses they have committed will be remembered against them. Because of the righteous things they have done, they will live.
「惡人若回頭離開所做的一切罪惡，謹守我一切的律例，行正直與合理的事，他必定存活，不至死亡。
他所犯的一切罪過都不被記念，因所行的義，他必存活。
哥林多後書 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
因為依著神的意思憂愁，就生出沒有後悔的懊悔來。以致得救；但世俗的憂愁是叫人死。
以賽亞書 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the Lord. "These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
耶和華說：這一切都是我手所造的，所以就都有了。但我所看顧的，就是虛心（原文作貧窮）痛悔、因我話而戰兢的人。
約翰一書 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
我們若認自己的罪，神是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。
歷代志下 30:9
If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him."
你們若轉向耶和華，你們的弟兄和兒女必在擄掠他們的人面前蒙憐恤，得以歸回這地，因為耶和華你們的神有恩典、施憐憫。你們若轉向他，他必不轉臉不顧你們。」
約伯記 11:14
- 15
if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
你手裡若有罪孽，就當遠遠的除掉，也不容非義住在你帳棚之中。
那時，你必仰起臉來毫無斑點；你也必堅固，無所懼怕。
詩篇 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
耶和華靠近傷心的人，拯救靈性痛悔的人。
詩篇 51:17
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.
神所要的祭就是憂傷的靈；神啊，憂傷痛悔的心，你必不輕看。
