15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Forgiveness
• Providence
• Repentance

• The Prodigal Son

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 2Chr 6:37 — Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wick
• 2Kgs 7:4 — If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians:
• 2Tim 1:7 — For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
• Acts 2:37 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
• Acts 12:11 — And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of th
• Acts 16:29 — Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
• Acts 26:11 — And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
• Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
• Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a
• Eph 2:4 — But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Ezek 18:28 — Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Ezek 18:28 — Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Hag 1:5 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
• Hos 2:7 — And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it
• Isa 29:24 — They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
• Jas 1:16 — Do not err, my beloved brethren.
• Jer 8:6 — I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
• Jer 31:19 — Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
• Lam 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:
• Luke 8:35 — Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
• Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
• Luke 16:23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Ps 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Ps 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Ps 73:20 — As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
• Ps 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
• Ps 119:59 — I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
• Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• Titus 3:4 — But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,