Repentance (2/2)

Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of… Luke 15:10

Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10	Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. joy angels repentance
Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. Proverbs 1:23	If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you. conversion repentance wisdom

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. sacrifice repentance
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! Matthew 3:2	Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. repentance kingdom heaven
Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40	Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! conversion repentance life
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ Luke 18:13	But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ repentance conversion humility
Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it. Jonah 3:10	When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. repentance forgiveness grace