Bible Verses about Repentance

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• Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
  2 Chronicles 7:14humilityforgivenesshealing
• Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
  Acts 3:19conversionsinforgiveness
• But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
  1 John 1:9sinpurificationevil
• People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
  but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy
• For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.
  2 Chronicles 30:9bgraceconversionforgiveness
• Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.
  Matthew 3:8conversionlifefruitfulness
• The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
  Matthew 4:17Jesusconversionevangelism
• Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
  Matthew 9:13mercyrighteousnesssacrifice
• Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
  James 4:8sinpurificationrighteousness
• I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live!
  Ezekiel 18:32conversiondeatheternal life
• “Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
  but tear your hearts instead.”
  Return to the Lord your God,
  for he is merciful and compassionate,
  slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
  He is eager to relent and not punish.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
  Luke 15:7conversionjoyheaven
• God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.
  Acts 17:30conversionforgiveness
• “The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”
  Mark 1:15kingdomconversionfaith
• I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.
  Luke 5:32sinconversionJesus
• Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.
  Luke 13:3conversionpunishment
• Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
  Zechariah 1:3bconversionreliabilityobedience
• Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
  Acts 2:38forgivenessSpiritbaptism
• In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents.
  Luke 15:10joyangelsconversion
• Come and listen to my counsel.
  I’ll share my heart with you
  and make you wise.
  Proverbs 1:23conversionwisdomSpirit
• If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.
  Luke 17:3b-4sinforgivenessspeaking
• For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessconversion
• The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
  You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
  Psalm 51:17sacrifice