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Top 12 most popular verses about repentance
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
— Acts 3:19
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
— 2 Corinthians 7:10
"I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."
— Luke 15:7
"When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.""
— Acts 11:18
"Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?"
— Romans 2:4
"I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
— Luke 13:3
"Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?'"
— Ezekiel 33:11
"My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise."
— Psalm 51:17
"Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth."
— 2 Timothy 2:25
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."
— Psalm 51:1-2
"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
— 2 Peter 3:9
"Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.""
— Acts 2:38
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Begin My TransformationGod calls all people everywhere to repent and turn from sin.
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
— Acts 3:19
Context: Repent and turn to God - your sins will be wiped out.
"I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
— Luke 13:3
Context: Jesus said unless you repent, you will perish.
"Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.""
— Acts 2:38
Context: Repent and be baptized for forgiveness of sins.
"From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.""
— Matthew 4:17
Context: Jesus preached: Repent, the kingdom of heaven is near.
"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!""
— Mark 1:15
Context: The time has come - repent and believe the good news.
"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent."
— Acts 17:30
Context: God commands all people everywhere to repent.
"and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
— Luke 24:47
Context: Repentance for forgiveness of sins is preached to all nations.
"Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall."
— Ezekiel 18:30
Context: Repent and turn away from all offenses.
"Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."
— Isaiah 55:7
Context: Forsake wicked ways and turn to the Lord for mercy.
"For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!"
— Ezekiel 18:32
Context: God takes no pleasure in death - repent and live.
"Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place."
— Revelation 2:5
Context: Consider how far you've fallen - repent and return.
"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent."
— Revelation 3:19
Context: God rebukes those He loves - be earnest and repent.
"They said, "Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the LORD gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.""
— Jeremiah 25:5
Context: Turn from evil ways and evil practices.
""Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.""
— Joel 2:12
Context: Return to the Lord with all your heart.
"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!"
— Hosea 14:1
Context: Return to the Lord - your sins have been your downfall.
"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
— James 4:8
Context: Come near to God - wash your hands and purify your hearts.
"and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'"
— 1 Kings 8:47
Context: Have a change of heart, repent, and confess sin.
Biblical repentance involves godly sorrow, confession, and turning from sin.
"Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."
— 2 Corinthians 7:10
Context: Godly sorrow brings repentance leading to salvation.
"My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise."
— Psalm 51:17
Context: God does not despise a broken and contrite heart.
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."
— Psalm 51:1-2
Context: David's prayer: Have mercy, blot out transgressions, cleanse me.
"I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you."
— Luke 15:18
Context: The prodigal son's repentance - confessing sin to the father.
"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'"
— Luke 18:13
Context: The tax collector's humble prayer of repentance.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
— 1 John 1:9
Context: Confess sins and God will forgive and purify us.
"Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
— Proverbs 28:13
Context: Confess and renounce sins to find mercy.
"Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin."
— Psalm 32:5
Context: Acknowledge and confess sin - God forgives.
"Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity."
— Joel 2:13
Context: Rend your heart, not garments - return to the Lord.
"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it."
— Jeremiah 4:4
Context: Circumcise your hearts - true repentance is internal.
"First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds."
— Acts 26:20
Context: Demonstrate repentance by deeds - not just words.
"Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?"
— Ezekiel 18:31
Context: Rid yourself of offenses - get a new heart and spirit.
"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
— Psalm 34:18
Context: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.
"For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.""
— Isaiah 57:15
Context: God dwells with the contrite and lowly in spirit.
"Produce fruit in keeping with repentance."
— Matthew 3:8
Context: Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
"Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham."
— Luke 3:8
Context: Produce fruit in keeping with repentance - not just words.
God forgives, cleanses, and restores those who genuinely repent.
"I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."
— Luke 15:7
Context: Heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents.
"Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?'"
— Ezekiel 33:11
Context: God takes no pleasure in death - He wants the wicked to turn and live.
"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
— 2 Peter 3:9
Context: God is patient - not wanting anyone to perish but all to repent.
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."
— Isaiah 1:18
Context: God makes scarlet sins white as snow through repentance.
"as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."
— Psalm 103:12
Context: God removes our transgressions as far as east from west.
"You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea."
— Micah 7:19
Context: God treads our sins underfoot and hurls them into the sea.
""Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God.""
— Jeremiah 3:22
Context: God will cure backsliding when we return to Him.
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."
— 1 John 1:7
Context: Jesus' blood purifies us from all sin.
"When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."
— Acts 3:26
Context: God sent Jesus to bless us by turning us from wicked ways.
"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them."
— Hosea 14:4
Context: God heals waywardness and loves freely when we repent.
"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you."
— Joel 2:25
Context: God will restore the years the locusts have eaten.
"No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
— Jeremiah 31:34
Context: God will forgive wickedness and remember sins no more.
"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
— Hebrews 8:12
Context: God will not remember our sins anymore.
"So he got up and went to his father. "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him."
— Luke 15:20
Context: The father ran to the repentant son with compassion.
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."
— James 4:10
Context: Humble yourself before the Lord and He will lift you up.
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
— Ezekiel 36:26
Context: God gives a new heart and new spirit to the repentant.
True repentance produces lasting change and righteous living.
"When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.""
— Acts 11:18
Context: Repentance leads to life - it's a gift from God.
"Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?"
— Romans 2:4
Context: God's kindness leads you to repentance.
"Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth."
— 2 Timothy 2:25
Context: God grants repentance leading to knowledge of truth.
"Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him shoulder to shoulder."
— Zephaniah 3:9
Context: Repentance purifies and leads to serving God.
"Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty."
— Malachi 3:7
Context: Return to God and He will return to you.
"Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Return to me,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'and I will return to you,' says the LORD Almighty."
— Zechariah 1:3
Context: Return to the Lord and He will return to you.
"Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD."
— Lamentations 3:40
Context: Examine your ways and return to the Lord.
"When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened."
— Jonah 3:10
Context: When Nineveh repented, God relented from judgment.
"if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
— 2 Chronicles 7:14
Context: Humble yourself, pray, seek God, turn from wickedness - God will heal.
"Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us."
— Psalm 85:4
Context: Repentance brings restoration and God's favor.
"But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.""
— Luke 19:8
Context: Zacchaeus' repentance produced restitution and generosity.
"Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth."
— Revelation 2:16
Context: Repent or face God's judgment.
"Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent."
— Matthew 11:20
Context: Jesus denounced towns that did not repent despite miracles.
"God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins."
— Acts 5:31
Context: Jesus was exalted to bring repentance and forgiveness.
"Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God."
— Hebrews 6:1
Context: Repentance is foundational - move forward to maturity.
"I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged."
— 2 Corinthians 12:21
Context: Paul grieved over those who had not repented of sin.
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