Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, Saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; For I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, And hast scattered thy ways to the strangers Under every leafy tree, And ye have not hearkened to My voice, Saith the LORD.

Tanakh — Yirmyāhû (Jeremiah) 3:12–13▶

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

New Testament — James 1:18▶

O Prophet, say to the prisoners in your hands: 'If God knows of any good in your hearts He will give you better than what has been taken from you, and He will forgive you; surely God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.'

Quran — Al-Anfal (Surah 8) 70▶