Genesis 6:6
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6 the Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.[a]
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- 6:6 His heart was grieved: the expression can be misleading in English, for “heart” in Hebrew is the seat of memory and judgment rather than emotion. The phrase is actually parallel to the first half of the sentence (“the Lord regretted…”).
Exodus 32:14
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14 So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.
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2 Samuel 24:16
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16 But when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord changed his mind about the calamity, and said to the angel causing the destruction among the people: Enough now! Stay your hand.(A) The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.(B)
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Jonah 3:10
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10 When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
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