Bible Verses about Repentance

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• If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
  2 Chronicles 7:14humilityforgivenesshealing
• Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.
  Acts 3:19conversionsinforgiveness
• If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  1 John 1:9sinpurificationevil
• No one who conceals transgressions will prosper,
  but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy
• For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
  2 Chronicles 30:9bgraceconversionforgiveness
• Bear fruit worthy of repentance.
  Matthew 3:8conversionlifefruitfulness
• The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
  2 Peter 3:9salvationpatienceconversion
• From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
  Matthew 4:17Jesusconversionevangelism
• Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For 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 double-minded.
  James 4:8sinpurificationrighteousness
• I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
  Revelation 3:19lovelifepunishment
• For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.
  Ezekiel 18:32conversiondeatheternal life
• Rend your hearts and not your clothing.
  Return to the Lord, your God,
  for he is gracious and merciful,
  slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
  and relents from punishing.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
  Luke 15:7conversionjoyheaven
• While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
  Acts 17:30conversionforgiveness
• And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.”
  Mark 1:15kingdomconversionfaith
• I have come to call not 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 said to them, “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
• Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
  Luke 15:10joyangelsconversion
• Give heed to my reproof;
  I will pour out my thoughts to you;
  I will make my words known to you.
  Proverbs 1:23conversionwisdomSpirit
• For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessconversion
• If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.
  Luke 17:3b-4sinforgivenessspeaking
• The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
  a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
  Psalm 51:17sacrifice