Remission of sins is promised thee indeed, if even in the last extremity of life thou truly repentest, that is for love of God rather than for fear of punishment; but thou art not promised that thou wilt then truly repent. ❋ 1506-1566 (1903)
Seaman, thou repentest not and yet thou art ever suffering hardships and travails; yet wilt thou not renounce sea-travel; or, an thou say, ‘I renounce,’ thou liest in thy renouncement. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. ❋ Unknown (2006)
It was thy will to make me thine, and thou didst so follow thy will, that now, even though thou repentest, thou canst not help being mine. ❋ Unknown (2002)
Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, Ex. 34.6 and repentest thee of the evil. ❋ Unknown (1999)
Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. ❋ Unknown (1999)
And if the outlay of all my labor doth make this fig-tree fruitful, I shall count my time, my labor, and means, well bestowed upon it; and thou also, O my God, shalt be therewith much delighted; for thou art gracious and merciful, and repentest thee of the evil which thou threatenest to bring upon a people. ❋ Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin (N/A)
If, again, thou repentest in sin, thy sight will be clear and thou wilt succeed in beholding righteousness. ' ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)
Forced by the faults of others, thou hast most unwillingly done this, and having done this thou repentest of it. ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)
But sith thou repentest not, I beseech Almighty God to reward thee after thy deserving. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)
And S. Basil said to him: Thereof no force; our Lord is debonair and merciful, and shall receive thee if thou repentest thee. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)
Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. ❋ Anonymous (1867)
Innocence is indeed priceless -- that innocence which God counteth innocence, but thine was a flimsy show, a bit of polished and cherished glass -- instead of which, if thou repentest, thou shalt in thy jewel-box find a diamond. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Though Nineveh's sins had provoked the Lord to send out his sentence against them, yet upon their repentance, he recalled it again, and spared the city; how much more, if thou likewise repentest, will he spare thee, seeing his sentence is not yet gone forth against thee? ❋ D. 1631 (1842)
Remember therefore whence thou hast fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand out of its place, except thou repentest. ❋ Sylvester Bliss (1838)
"Thou repentest, my Teresa, that thou hast renounced thy dazzling career for a dull home, and a husband old enough to be thy father," said the husband to the wife, with a smile that spoke confidence in the answer. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)
