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Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."

Genesis 32:9
And Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your kindred, that I may do you good,'

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 (English Standard Version)
29(A) But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you(B) in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. 31For the LORD your God is(C)a merciful God.(D) He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
1 Samuel 7:2-4 (English Standard Version)
2From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
Samuel Judges Israel
 3And Samuel said to all the house of Israel,(A) "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then(B) put away the foreign gods and the(C) Ashtaroth from among you and(D) direct your heart to the LORD(E) and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." 4So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.

2 Chronicles 30:5-7 (English Standard Version)
5So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel,(A) from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed. 6(B) So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, "O people of Israel,(C) return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of(D)the kings of Assyria. 7(E) Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the LORD God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.
2 Chronicles 30:8-10 (English Standard Version)
8(A) Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God,(B) that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 9For(C) if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children(D) will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For(E) the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you,(F) if you return to him."
 10(G) So the couriers went from city to city through the country of(H) Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but(I) they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.
Psalm 51:13
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,and sinners will return to you.

Psalm 90:3
You return man to dustand say, "Return, O children of man!"
Psalm 90:2-4 (in Context) Psalm 90 (Whole Chapter)

Psalm 90:13
Return, O LORD! How long?Have pity on your servants!

Isaiah 10:20
[ The Remnant of Israel Will Return ] In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 10:21
A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Isaiah 10:22
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them willreturn. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Isaiah 19:22
And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
Isaiah 23:17
At the end of seventy years, the LORD will visit Tyre, and she will return to her wages and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,"In returning and rest you shall be saved;in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."But you were unwilling,
Isaiah 35:1
[ The Ransomed Shall Return ] The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 37:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'"
Isaiah 37:8
The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
Isaiah 37:34
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.
Isaiah 37:37
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
Isaiah 43:4
Because you are precious in my eyes,and honored, and I love you,I give men in return for you,peoples in exchange for your life.

Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloudand your sins like mist;return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in righteousnessa word that shall notreturn: 'To me every knee shall bow,every tongue shall swear allegiance.'


Isaiah 51:11
And the ransomed of the LORD shall returnand come to Zion with singing;everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;they shall obtain gladness and joy,and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 52:8
The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they seethe return of the LORD to Zion.

Isaiah 55:7
let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:10
"For as the rain and the snow come down from heavenand do not return there but water the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Isaiah 55:11
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why do you make us wander from your waysand harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants,the tribes of your heritage.

Jeremiah 3:1
"If a man divorces his wifeand she goes from himand becomes another man’s wife,will hereturn to her? Would not that land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers;and would you return to me?declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:7
And I thought, 'After she has done all this she will return to me,' but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:10
Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD."

Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel,declares the LORD.I will not look on you in anger,for I am merciful,declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.
Jeremiah 3:14
Return, O faithless children,declares the LORD; for I am your master;I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,and I will bring you to Zion.
Jeremiah 3:22
"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness.""Behold, we come to you,for you are the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 4:1
"If you return, O Israel,declares the LORD, to me you should return.If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver,
Jeremiah 8:4
[ Sin and Treachery ] "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When men fall, do they not rise again?If one turns away, does he not return?
Jeremiah 8:5
Why then has this people turned awayin perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit;they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 14:3
Her nobles send their servants for water;they come to the cisterns;they find no water;theyreturn with their vessels empty;they are ashamed and confoundedand cover their heads.

Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, I will restore you,and you shall stand before me.If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless,you shall be as my mouth.They shall turn to you,but you shall not turn to them.

Jeremiah 18:11
Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: 'Thus says the LORD, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Return, every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.'

Jeremiah 22:10
Weep not for him who is dead,nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away,for he shall return no moreto see his native land.

Jeremiah 22:11
[ Message to the Sons of Josiah ] For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: "He shall return here no more,

Jeremiah 22:27
But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return."

Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 30:10
"Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the LORD,nor be dismayed, O Israel;for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.

Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north countryand gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,among them the blind and the lame,the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;a great company, they shall return here.

Jeremiah 31:21
"Set up road markers for yourself;make yourself guideposts; consider well the highway,the road by which you went.Return, O virgin Israel,return to these your cities.

Jeremiah 44:14
so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives."

Jeremiah 44:28
And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

Jeremiah 46:27
"But fear not, O Jacob my servant,nor be dismayed, O Israel,for behold, I will save you from far away,and your offspring from the land of their captivity.Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah 50:9
For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.

Lamentations 3:40
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

Ezekiel 7:13
For the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.

Ezekiel 16:43
Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged me with all these things, therefore, behold, I have returned your deeds upon your head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed lewdness in addition to all your abominations?

Ezekiel 16:55
As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.

Ezekiel 21:30
Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 23:49
And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 46:9
"When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.

Daniel 4:34
[ Nebuchadnezzar Restored ] At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;

Daniel 4:36
At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.

Daniel 10:20
Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and when I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.

Daniel 11:9
Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land.

Daniel 11:28
And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land.

Daniel 11:29
"At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.

Hosea 2:7
She shall pursue her loversbut not overtake them,and she shall seek thembut shall not find them. Then she shall say,'I will go and return to my first husband,for it was better for me then than now.'

Hosea 3:5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 5:4
Their deeds do not permit themto return to their God.For the spirit of whoredom is within them,and they know not the LORD.

Hosea 5:15
I will return again to my place,until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,and in their distress earnestly seek me.

Hosea 6:1
[ Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant ] "Come, let us return to the LORD;for he has torn us, that he may heal us;he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

Hosea 7:10
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the LORD their God,nor seek him, for all this.

Hosea 7:16
They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow;their princes shall fall by the swordbecause of the insolence of their tongue.This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 8:13
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it,but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquityand punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:3
They shall not remain in the land of the LORD,but Ephraim shall return to Egypt,and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

Hosea 11:5
They shall not return to the land of Egypt,but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

Hosea 11:11
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt,and like doves from the land of Assyria,and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.

Hosea 12:6
"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice,and wait continually for your God."

Hosea 14:1
[ A Plea to Return to the LORD ] Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Hosea 14:2
Take with you wordsand return to the LORD;say to him,"Take away all iniquity;accept what is good,and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.

Hosea 14:7
They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow;they shall flourish like the grain;they shall blossom like the vine;their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

Joel 2:12
[ Return to the LORD ] "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

Joel 2:13
and rend your hearts and not your garments."Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

Joel 3:4
"What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.

Joel 3:7
Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will returnyour payment on your own head.

Amos 4:6
[ Israel Has Not Returned to the LORD ] "I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.

Amos 4:8
so two or three cities would wander to another cityto drink water, and would not be satisfied; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.

Amos 4:9
"I struck you with blight and mildew;your many gardens and your vineyards,your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.

Amos 4:10
"I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt;I killed your young men with the sword,and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.

Amos 4:11
"I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me,"declares the LORD.

Obadiah 1:15
[ The Day of the LORD Is Near ] For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you;your deeds shall return on your own head.

Micah 1:7
All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire,and all her idols I will lay waste,for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them,and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.

Micah 5:3
Therefore he shall give them up until the timewhen she who is in labor has given birth;then the rest of his brothers shall returnto the people of Israel.

Zephaniah 2:10
This shall be their lot in return for their pride,because they taunted and boastedagainst the people of the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 1:1
[ A Call to Return to the LORD ] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,

Zechariah 1:3
Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.' But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 1:16
Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

Zechariah 8:3
Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.

Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Zechariah 10:9
Though I scattered them among the nations,yet in far countries they shall remember me,and with their children they shall live and return.

Malachi 3:7
From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?'
1 Peter 2:25
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.