Repentance (2/2)

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of… Luke 15:10

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

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. sacrifice repentance
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. Matthew 3:2	Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! repentance kingdom heaven
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40	Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the Lord. conversion repentance life
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ Luke 18:13	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!’ repentance conversion humility