Bible Verses about Repentance

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• And if then my people who bear my name humble themselves and pray to me and seek my presence as they turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and restore their land.
  2 Chronicles 7:14humilityforgivenesshealing
• Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away.
  Acts 3:19conversionsinforgiveness
• However, if we confess our sins,
  he who is faithful and just
  will forgive our sins
  and cleanse us from all wrongdoing.
  1 John 1:9sinpurificationevil
• No one who conceals his transgressions will prosper,
  but one who confesses and renounces them will obtain mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy
• For the Lord, your God, is gracious and compassionate, and he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.
  2 Chronicles 30:9bgraceconversionforgiveness
• Produce good fruit as proof of your repentance.
  Matthew 3:8conversionlifefruitfulness
• The Lord does not delay in keeping his promise, as some think in terms of delay, but he is patient with you. It is not his wish that any should perish but rather that all should be brought to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• From that day forward Jesus began to proclaim the message: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.”
  Matthew 4:17Jesusconversionevangelism
• Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you waverers.
  James 4:8sinpurificationrighteousness
• I reprove and discipline all those whom I love. Therefore, be sincere in your desire to repent.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Repent and live!
  Ezekiel 18:32conversiondeatheternal life
• Rend your hearts and not your garments,
  and turn back to the Lord, your God.
  For he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, rich in kindness,
  and always prepared to relent from punishing.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
  Luke 15:7conversionjoyheaven
• God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent.
  Acts 17:30conversionforgiveness
• The time of fulfillment has arrived, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
  Mark 1:15kingdomconversionfaith
• I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
  Luke 5:32sinconversionJesus
• No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
  Luke 13:3conversionpunishment
• Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
  Zechariah 1:3bconversionreliabilityobedience
• Peter answered, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
  Acts 2:38forgivenessSpiritbaptism
• In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  Luke 15:10joyangelsconversion
• If you would seriously consider my reproof,
  I would pour out my thoughts to you
  and make my precepts known to you.
  Proverbs 1:23conversionwisdomSpirit
• Such godly sorrow results in repentance that leads to salvation and causes no regret, whereas worldly sorrow produces death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessconversion
• If your brother should sin, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, and comes back to you seven times to say, ‘I am sorry,’ you must forgive him.
  Luke 17:3b-4sinforgivenessspeaking
• My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
  a contrite and humble heart, O God,
  you will not spurn.
  Psalm 51:19sacrifice