Repentance
255 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
96 sections
- Achan, Because of his Theft
- After Hearing the Law Expounded by Ezra
- Ahab, when Reproved by Elijah for Ahab's Idolatry
- At the Dedication of the Second Temple
- Attributed to God
- Balaam, of his Spiritual Blindness
- Because of Their Idolatrous Marriages
- Because of Their Oppressive Usury
- Called Repentance to Life
- Called Repentance to Salvation
- Christ Came to Call Sinners To
- Christ Exalted to Give
- Commanded by Christ
- Commanded to all by God
- Condition of God's Favor
- Conviction of Sin Necessary To
- Danger of Neglecting
- David, at the Rebuke of Nathan, for his Sins of Adultery and Murder
- Denied to Apostates
- Exemplified
- Exhortation To
- Exhortations To
- False: Ahab
- False: Judas
- False: Saul
- Given by God
- Hezekiah, at the Time of his Sickness
- Illustrated
- Illustrated: Paul
- Illustrated: The Prodigal Son
- Illustrated: The Repentant Son
- Jehoahaz
- Jonah, After his Punishment
- Joseph's Brothers, of Their Maltreatment of Joseph
- Josiah, when he Heard the Law of God Which had been Discovered in the Temple by Hilkiah
- Judas
- Manasseh, when he Was Carried Away Captive to Babylon by the King of Assyria
- Ministers should Rejoice Over Their People on Their
- Necessary to the Pardon of Sin
- Neglect of, Followed by Swift Judgment
- Not to be Repented of
- Peter, Because of his Denial of Jesus
- Pharaoh, of his Hardness of Heart
- Preached by Christ
- Preached by John the Baptist
- Preached by the Apostles
- Preached in the Name of Christ
- Rehoboam, when his Kingdom Was Invaded, and Jerusalem Was Besieged
- Repentance of Their Complaining Because of Lack of Bread and Water
- Saul, at the Rebuke of Samuel for not Destroying the Amalekites
- should be Accompanied by Confession
- should be Accompanied by Conversion
- should be Accompanied by Faith
- should be Accompanied by Greater Zeal in the Path of Duty
- should be Accompanied by Humility
- should be Accompanied by Prayer
- should be Accompanied by Self-Abhorrence
- should be Accompanied by Shame and Confusion
- should be Accompanied by Turning from Idolatry
- should be Accompanied by Turning from Sin
- should be Evidenced by Fruits
- The Burden of the Preaching of Jesus
- The Burden of the Preaching of John the Baptist
- The Disobedient Son
- The Ephesians, by the Preaching of Paul
- The Jews, by the Preaching of John the Baptist
- The Ninevites, by the Preaching of Jonah
- The Present Time the Season For
- The Prodigal Son
- The Wicked: Averse To
- The Wicked: Condemned for Neglecting
- The Wicked: Neglect the Time Given For
- The Wicked: Not Led to by the Judgments of God
- The Wicked: Not Led To, by Miraculous Interference
- The Woman Who Anointed Jesus with Oil
- There is Joy in Heaven Over One Sinner Brought To
- True: Corinthians
- True: David
- True: Israelites
- True: Job
- True: Manasseh
- True: Nineveh
- True: Peter
- True: Thief on the Cross
- True: Zacchaeus
- Unavailing: To Esau
- Unavailing: To Israel
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Under the Influence of Hezekiah
- we should be Led To, by Godly Sorrow Works
- we should be Led To, by The Chastisements of God
- we should be Led To, by The Goodness of God
- we should be Led To, by The Patience of God
- What It Is
- when Rebuked by an Angel for not Expelling the Canaanites
- when Reproved by the Prophet Micah
Achan, Because of his Theft
- Joshua 7:20 “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
After Hearing the Law Expounded by Ezra
- Nehemiah 8:1–12 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. …
- Nehemiah 9:1–3 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. …
Ahab, when Reproved by Elijah for Ahab's Idolatry
- 1 Kings 21:27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- 1 Kings 21:17–29 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, …
At the Dedication of the Second Temple
- Ezra 6:21 The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
Attributed to God
- Genesis 6:6–7 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. …
- Exodus 32:14 So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- Judges 2:18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who …
- 1 Samuel 15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- 1 Samuel 15:29 Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- 1 Samuel 15:35 And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 24:16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by …
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time …
- Psalm 106:45 And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
- Psalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Psalm 135:14 For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
- Jeremiah 15:6 You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
- Jeremiah 18:8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Jeremiah 18:10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
- Jeremiah 26:3 Perhaps they will listen and turn— each from his evil way of life— so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
- Jeremiah 42:10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
- Joel 2:13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
- Amos 7:3 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
- Amos 7:6 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
- Jonah 3:9–10 Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” …
Balaam, of his Spiritual Blindness
- Numbers 22:34 “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
- Numbers 22:24–35 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side. …
Because of Their Idolatrous Marriages
- Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites — men, women, and children — gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Because of Their Oppressive Usury
- Nehemiah 5:1–13 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. …
Called Repentance to Life
- Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
Called Repentance to Salvation
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Christ Came to Call Sinners To
- Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Christ Exalted to Give
- Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Commanded by Christ
- Revelation 2:5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
- Revelation 2:16 Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
- Revelation 3:3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
Commanded to all by God
- Ezekiel 18:30–32 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. …
- Acts 17:30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Condition of God's Favor
- Leviticus 26:40–42 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— …
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Conviction of Sin Necessary To
- 1 Kings 8:38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make— each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Acts 2:37–38 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” …
- Acts 19:18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
Danger of Neglecting
- Matthew 11:20–24 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. …
- Luke 13:3 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- Luke 13:5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- Revelation 2:22 Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
David, at the Rebuke of Nathan, for his Sins of Adultery and Murder
- 2 Samuel 12:11 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
- 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 2 Samuel 12:7–14 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. …
Denied to Apostates
- Hebrews 6:4–6 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, …
Exemplified
- Numbers 21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 2 Samuel 24:17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s …
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
- Ezra 9:4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
- Ezra 9:6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Ezra 9:10 And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
- Ezra 9:13–14 After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this), …
- Nehemiah 1:6–7 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I …
- Nehemiah 9:16–37 But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. …
- Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
- Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
- Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
- Job 40:4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Job 42:5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Psalm 38:3–4 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. …
- Psalm 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Psalm 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
- Psalm 41:4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
- Psalm 51:1–4 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. …
- Psalm 51:7–17 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. …
- Psalm 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalm 69:10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
- Psalm 73:21–22 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, …
- Psalm 106:6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- Psalm 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Psalm 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Psalm 130:1–3 Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! …
- Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- Isaiah 38:15 What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
- Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Isaiah 59:12–15 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: …
- Isaiah 64:5–7 You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? …
- Jeremiah 3:21–22 A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God. …
- Jeremiah 3:25 Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
- Jeremiah 8:14 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 14:7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 31:18–19 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God. …
- Lamentations 3:40–41 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. …
- Daniel 9:5–7 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. …
- Daniel 10:12 “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Hosea 14:8 O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
- Jonah 3:10 When God saw their actions— that they had turned from their evil ways— He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
- Micah 7:9 Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
- Luke 15:17–20 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! …
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9–11 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. …
- 1 Peter 2:25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Exhortation To
- Proverbs 1:23–33 If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. …
- Jeremiah 7:3 Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- Jeremiah 7:5 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 26:3 Perhaps they will listen and turn— each from his evil way of life— so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
- Hosea 14:1–3 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. …
- Amos 5:4–6 For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! …
- Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Exhortations To
- Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- 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.
- Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
False: Ahab
- 1 Kings 21:27–29 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly. …
False: Judas
- Matthew 27:3–5 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. …
False: Saul
- 1 Samuel 15:24–30 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. …
Given by God
- Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
- 2 Timothy 2:25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
Hezekiah, at the Time of his Sickness
- 2 Chronicles 32:26 Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart— he and the people of Jerusalem— so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
Illustrated
- Luke 15:18–21 I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. …
- Luke 18:13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Illustrated: Paul
- Galatians 1:23 They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
Illustrated: The Prodigal Son
- Luke 15:17–19 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! …
Illustrated: The Repentant Son
- Matthew 21:29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
Jehoahaz
- 2 Kings 13:4 Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
Jonah, After his Punishment
- Jonah 2:2–9 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. …
Joseph's Brothers, of Their Maltreatment of Joseph
- Genesis 42:21 Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
- Genesis 50:17–18 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” …
Josiah, when he Heard the Law of God Which had been Discovered in the Temple by Hilkiah
- 2 Kings 22:11–20 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes …
Judas
- Matthew 27:3–5 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. …
- Acts 1:16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Acts 1:18 (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Manasseh, when he Was Carried Away Captive to Babylon by the King of Assyria
- 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. …
Ministers should Rejoice Over Their People on Their
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
Necessary to the Pardon of Sin
- 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.
- Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
Neglect of, Followed by Swift Judgment
- Revelation 2:5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
- Revelation 2:16 Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Not to be Repented of
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Peter, Because of his Denial of Jesus
- Matthew 26:75 Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
- Mark 14:72 And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
- Luke 22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Pharaoh, of his Hardness of Heart
- Exodus 9:27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 10:16–17 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. …
Preached by Christ
- Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
Preached by John the Baptist
- Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Preached by the Apostles
- Mark 6:12 So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
- Acts 20:21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Preached in the Name of Christ
- Luke 24:47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Rehoboam, when his Kingdom Was Invaded, and Jerusalem Was Besieged
- 2 Chronicles 12:1–12 After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD. …
Repentance of Their Complaining Because of Lack of Bread and Water
- Numbers 21:4–7 Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey …
Saul, at the Rebuke of Samuel for not Destroying the Amalekites
- 1 Samuel 15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 15:6–31 And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. …
should be Accompanied by Confession
- Leviticus 26:40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
- Job 33:27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
should be Accompanied by Conversion
- Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
should be Accompanied by Faith
- Matthew 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
- Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
- Acts 20:21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
should be Accompanied by Greater Zeal in the Path of Duty
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be …
should be Accompanied by Humility
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- James 4:9–10 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. …
should be Accompanied by Prayer
- 1 Kings 8:33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
- Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
should be Accompanied by Self-Abhorrence
- Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
should be Accompanied by Shame and Confusion
- Ezra 9:6–15 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. …
- Jeremiah 31:19 After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- Ezekiel 16:61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 16:63 so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Daniel 9:7–8 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame— the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. …
should be Accompanied by Turning from Idolatry
- Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
should be Accompanied by Turning from Sin
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
should be Evidenced by Fruits
- Isaiah 1:16–17 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! …
- Daniel 4:27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
The Burden of the Preaching of Jesus
- Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
The Burden of the Preaching of John the Baptist
- Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
The Disobedient Son
- Matthew 21:29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
The Ephesians, by the Preaching of Paul
- Acts 19:18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
The Jews, by the Preaching of John the Baptist
- Matthew 3:6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
The Ninevites, by the Preaching of Jonah
- Jonah 3:5–9 And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. …
The Present Time the Season For
- Psalm 95:7–8 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, …
- Hebrews 3:7–8 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, …
- Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- 2 Corinthians 6:2 For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
- Hebrews 4:7 God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
The Prodigal Son
- Luke 15:17–21 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! …
The Wicked: Averse To
- Jeremiah 8:6 I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
- Matthew 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
The Wicked: Condemned for Neglecting
- Matthew 11:20 Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
The Wicked: Neglect the Time Given For
- Revelation 2:21 Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
The Wicked: Not Led to by the Judgments of God
- Revelation 9:20–21 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. …
- Revelation 16:9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
The Wicked: Not Led To, by Miraculous Interference
- Luke 16:30–31 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’ …
The Woman Who Anointed Jesus with Oil
- Luke 7:37–48 When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. …
There is Joy in Heaven Over One Sinner Brought To
- Luke 15:7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
True: Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians 7:9–10 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. …
True: David
- 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
True: Israelites
- Judges 10:15–16 “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!” …
True: Job
- Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
True: Manasseh
- 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. …
True: Nineveh
- Jonah 3:5–8 And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. …
- Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
True: Peter
- Matthew 26:75 Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
True: Thief on the Cross
- Luke 23:40–41 But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment? …
True: Zacchaeus
- Luke 19:8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
Unavailing: To Esau
- Hebrews 12:16–17 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. …
Unavailing: To Israel
- Numbers 14:39–45 And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly. …
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Leviticus 26:40–42 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— …
- Deuteronomy 4:29–31 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. …
- Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
- Deuteronomy 30:1–3 “When all these things come upon you— the blessings and curses I have set before you— and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, …
- Deuteronomy 30:8–10 And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today. …
- Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- 1 Kings 8:33–50 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, …
- 2 Chronicles 6:36–39 When they sin against You— for there is no one who does not sin— and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near, …
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 30:6–9 At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may …
- Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
- Job 11:13–15 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him, …
- Job 22:23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
- Job 33:26–28 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man. …
- Job 34:31–32 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. …
- Job 36:10 He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
- Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalm 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- Psalm 95:7–8 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, …
- Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Proverbs 1:22–23 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? …
- Proverbs 9:6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 10:21 A remnant will return — a remnant of Jacob — to the Mighty God.
- Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Isaiah 31:6 Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
- Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Isaiah 46:8 Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
- Isaiah 55:6–7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. …
- Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart …
- Isaiah 59:20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 61:1–2 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, …
- Jeremiah 3:4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
- Jeremiah 3:12–14 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. …
- Jeremiah 3:19 Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
- Jeremiah 4:1–4 “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver, …
- Jeremiah 4:14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 6:8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
- Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Jeremiah 7:5 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 7:7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 13:15–16 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken. …
- Jeremiah 18:8 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
- Jeremiah 18:11 Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and …
- Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 25:5 The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 26:3 Perhaps they will listen and turn— each from his evil way of life— so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
- Jeremiah 26:13 So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 31:9 They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Jeremiah 36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
- Jeremiah 36:7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
- Jeremiah 50:4–5 “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God. …
- Ezekiel 7:16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
- Ezekiel 11:18–20 When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations. …
- Ezekiel 12:3 Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:61–63 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. …
- Ezekiel 18:21–23 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. …
- Ezekiel 18:27–28 But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life. …
- Ezekiel 18:30–32 Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. …
- Ezekiel 20:43 There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
- Ezekiel 33:10–12 Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’ …
- Ezekiel 33:14–16 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right— …
- Ezekiel 33:19 But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
- Ezekiel 36:31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Ezekiel 37:23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My …
- Daniel 4:27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Hosea 2:7 She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
- Hosea 3:5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
- Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
- Hosea 14:1–2 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. …
- Joel 1:14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- Joel 2:12–13 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” …
- Joel 2:15–18 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. …
- Amos 4:12 “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
- Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- Amos 5:15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
- Jonah 3:8–9 Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands. …
- Haggai 1:7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Zechariah 1:3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Zechariah 12:10 Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve …
- Malachi 3:7 Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
- Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matthew 3:7–8 But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? …
- Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
- Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mark 6:12 So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
- Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
- Luke 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- Luke 10:13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
- Luke 13:1–5 At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. …
- Luke 15:1–10 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. …
- Luke 18:10–14 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. …
- Luke 24:47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- 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.
- Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
- Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
- Acts 8:22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
- Acts 17:30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Acts 20:21 testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Romans 11:23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Romans 14:11 It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
- Ephesians 5:14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- 2 Timothy 2:25 He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
- James 4:8–10 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. …
- 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Revelation 2:5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
- Revelation 3:2–3 Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. …
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Under the Influence of Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 30:11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
we should be Led To, by Godly Sorrow Works
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
we should be Led To, by The Chastisements of God
- 1 Kings 8:47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
we should be Led To, by The Goodness of God
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
we should be Led To, by The Patience of God
- Genesis 6:3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
What It Is
- Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Matthew 6:19–21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. …
- Acts 14:15 “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
- Hebrews 12:1–2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. …
when Rebuked by an Angel for not Expelling the Canaanites
- Judges 2:1–5 Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you, …
when Reproved by the Prophet Micah
- Jeremiah 26:18–19 “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the …
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Repentance of Their Idolatry, when Afflicted by the PhilistinesRepentance by the Operation of the Holy SpiritRepentance by the Preaching of HaggaiRepentance by the Preaching of OdedRepentance in Asking for a KingRepentance in the Time of Asa, by the Preaching of Azariah
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.