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Job 42:6

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I: Job 9:31, Job 40:3-4; Ezra 9:6; Psalms 51:17; Isaiah 5:5; Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 16:63; Ezekiel 20:43, Ezekiel 36:31; Luke 15:18-19; 1 Corinthians 15:8-9; 1 Timothy 1:13-16; James 4:7-10

repent: Job 2:8, Job 30:19; 1 Kings 21:27; Esther 4:1-3; Isaiah 58:5; Daniel 9:3; Jonah 3:6-10; Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13

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