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In times of difficulty and uncertainty, seeking shelter in the words of the Bible may be quite comforting. The path of repentance is a major idea in Christianity, representing God’s transformational power through love and forgiveness.
Bible Verses About Repentance
Repentance allows believers to reconcile with God by turning away from sin and adopting a life of righteousness. In this collection of Bible passages regarding repentance, we look at the deep message of redemption, renewal, and the limitless grace that awaits those who humbly seek forgiveness.
The Call to Repentance
1. Matthew 4:17
“From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.'”
2. Acts 3:19
“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,”
3. Luke 13:3
“I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
4. Mark 1:15
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
5. 2 Chronicles 7:14
“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.”
The Promise of Forgiveness
6. Acts 2:38
“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.'”
7. 1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
8. Ezekiel 18:30
“Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.”
9. James 4:8-10
“Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn, and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you.”
10. Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Turning from Sin
11. Ezekiel 14:6
“Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!”
God’s Mercy and Compassion
12. Joel 2:13
“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 relents from sending calamity.”
13. Jonah 3:10
“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.”
14. 2 Peter 3:9
“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.”
15. Psalm 86:5
“You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.”
16. Luke 15:7
“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.”
Renewed Relationship with God
17. Isaiah 55:7
“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.”
18. Romans 2:4
“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?”
19. Revelation 3:19
“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.”
20. Acts 17:30-31
“In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
21. 2 Corinthians 7:10
“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”
Seeking God’s Face
22. Jeremiah 29:13
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
23. Hosea 10:12
“Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.”
24. Psalm 119:10
“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.”
25. Deuteronomy 4:29
“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
A Call to Change
26. Ezekiel 18:31
“Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?”
27. Acts 26:20
“First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.”
28. Revelation 2:5
“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.”
29. Matthew 3:8
“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.”
30. Acts 5:31
“God exalted him to his right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.”
Restoration and Healing
31. James 5:16
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
32. Psalm 51:17
“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”
33. Isaiah 1:18
“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.”
34. 1 John 2:1-2
“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”
35. Jeremiah 31:18-19
“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return because you are the Lord my God. After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'”
Fruitful Repentance
36. Luke 15:10
“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
37. Acts 11:18
“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.'”
38. Luke 24:47
“and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
39. Acts 3:26
“When God raised his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
40. Revelation 3:3
“Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.”
Continual Repentance
41. 1 John 1:8-9
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
42. Revelation 2:16
“Repent, therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.”
43. Luke 17:3-4
“So watch yourselves. ‘If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.'”
44. Acts 20:21
“I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.”
45. Revelation 9:20-21
“The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.”
The Heart of Repentance
46. Psalm 51:1-2
“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.”
47. Acts 17:30
“In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.”
48. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10
“yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”
49. Luke 5:31-32
“Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.'”
50. Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Acceptance of God’s Grace
51. Ephesians 2:8-9
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
52. Titus 3:5
“he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,”
53. Romans 3:23-24
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
54. 1 Timothy 1:15
“Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.”
55. Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Turning from Sin
56. Acts 2:38
“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.”
57. Romans 2:4
“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?”
58. Revelation 3:19
“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.”
59. Matthew 3:8
“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.”
60. Acts 5:31
“God exalted him to his right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.”
God’s Forgiveness and Restoration
61. Isaiah 43:25
“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
62. Micah 7:18-19
“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight in showing mercy. You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”
63. Psalm 103:12
“as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
64. 1 John 1:7
“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.”
65. Romans 8:1
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Walking in Righteousness
66. Galatians 5:16
“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
67. Ephesians 4:22-24
“You were taught, about your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
68. Colossians 3:5
“Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.”
69. 1 Corinthians 10:13
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”
70. James 4:7-8
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Continual Renewal
71. Romans 12:2
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.”
72. 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
73. Ephesians 4:22-23
“You were taught, about your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;”
74. Titus 3:5-6
“he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,”
75. Hebrews 10:22
“let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.”
Rejoicing in God’s Grace
76. Romans 5:20-21
“But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
77. Ephesians 2:4-5
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
78. Romans 6:14
“For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.”
79. Ephesians 1:7-8
“In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, by the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,”
80. Ephesians 2:8-9
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—”
Conclusion
As we dwell on these verses, we are reminded of our Creator’s infinite mercy and compassion. Repentance is more than just remorse; it is a path of change and regeneration. God’s grace provides us with the chance to put our past misdeeds behind us and embrace a life of righteousness.
May these words motivate us to continue seeking repentance, growing closer to God’s heart, and experiencing the fullness of His love and forgiveness.
