Bible Verses about Repentance

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• And My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
  2 Chronicles 7:14humilityforgivenesshealing
• Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.
  Acts 3:19conversionsinforgiveness
• If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  1 John 1:9sinpurificationevil
• One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper,
  But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy
• For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.
  2 Chronicles 30:9bgraceconversionforgiveness
• Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.
  Matthew 3:8conversionlifefruitfulness
• The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
  Matthew 4:17Jesusconversionevangelism
• Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  James 4:8sinpurificationrighteousness
• Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• “For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live!”
  Ezekiel 18:32conversiondeatheternal life
• “And tear your heart and not merely your garments.”
  Now return to the Lord your God,
  For He is gracious and compassionate,
  Slow to anger, abounding in mercy
  And relenting of catastrophe.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
  Luke 15:7conversionjoyheaven
• So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent.
  Acts 17:30conversionforgiveness
• The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and believe in the gospel.
  Mark 1:15kingdomconversionfaith
• I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.
  Luke 5:32sinconversionJesus
• No, I tell you, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
  Luke 13:3conversionpunishment
• “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of armies, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of armies.
  Zechariah 1:3bconversionreliabilityobedience
• Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
  Acts 2:38forgivenessSpiritbaptism
• In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  Luke 15:10joyangelsconversion
• Turn to my rebuke,
  Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you;
  I will make my words known to you.
  Proverbs 1:23conversionwisdomSpirit
• If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.
  Luke 17:3b-4sinforgivenessspeaking
• For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessconversion
• The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
  A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise.
  Psalm 51:17sacrifice