When the people of Nineveh repented and turned around from their bad way, the Bible says: “The true God felt regret over the calamity that he had spoken of causing to them; and he did not cause it. ” ​ — Jonah 3: 10.
उदाहरणार्थ, इस्राएलचा पहिला राजा शौल याच्याविषयी बायबल म्हणते की त्याला राजा बनवले याचा यहोवाला “पस्तावा ” झाला.