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Joe 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

rend		"Here the word ""rend"" is used only once, but with two significations; in the former sentence it is used figuratively; in the latter literally--the heart not being rent in the same sense in which garments are rent. 2Ki 22:19; Psa 34:18; Psa 51:17; Isa 57:15; Isa 66:2; Eze 9:4; Mat 5:3,4"
your garments		Gen 37:29,34; 2Sa 1:11; 1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 5:7; 2Ki 6:30; 2Ki 22:11; Job 1:20; Isa 58:5; Mat 6:16-18; 1Ti 4:8
for		Exd 34:6,7; Num 14:18; Psa 86:5,15; Psa 145:7-9; Jon 4:2; Mic 7:18; Rom 2:4; Rom 5:20,21; Eph 2:4
slow		Neh 9:17; Psa 103:8; Nah 1:3; Jam 1:19,20
and repenteth		Psa 106:45; Jer 18:7,8; Amo 7:2-6; Jon 4:2

Correlating Passages

rend

	2Ki 22:19	Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD.
	Psa 34:18	The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
	Psa 51:17	The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
	Isa 57:15	For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
	Isa 66:2	For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
	Eze 9:4	And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
	Mat 5:3	Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
	Mat 5:4	Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

your garments

	Gen 37:29	And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
	Gen 37:34	And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
	2Sa 1:11	Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:
	1Ki 21:27	And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
	2Ki 5:7	And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
	2Ki 6:30	And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.
	2Ki 22:11	And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
	Job 1:20	Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
	Isa 58:5	Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
	Mat 6:16	Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
	Mat 6:17	But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
	Mat 6:18	That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
	1Ti 4:8	For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

for

	Exd 34:6	And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
	Exd 34:7	Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
	Num 14:18	The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].
	Psa 86:5	For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
	Psa 86:15	But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
	Psa 145:7	They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
	Psa 145:8	The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
	Psa 145:9	The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
	Jon 4:2	And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? 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.
	Mic 7:18	Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
	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?
	Rom 5:20	Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
	Rom 5:21	That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
	Eph 2:4	But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

slow

	Neh 9:17	And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
	Psa 103:8	The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
	Nah 1:3	The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet.
	Jam 1:19	Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
	Jam 1:20	For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

and repenteth

	Psa 106:45	And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
	Jer 18:7	[At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];
	Jer 18:8	If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
	Amo 7:2	And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
	Amo 7:3	The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
	Amo 7:4	Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
	Amo 7:5	Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small.
	Amo 7:6	The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
	Jon 4:2	And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joel 2:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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