Jonah 3:9
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Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
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David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”