Written by Pastor Jack WellmanWorlds Best 27 Bible Verses About Repentance
What doesn’t it mean to repent you may ask. Well to repent is to turn away from evil and back to God. We all have sinned but that doesn’t mean we can’t repent, change our ways and turn back to God. Here are the world’s best 27 Bible verses about repentance!
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“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
- Isaiah 1:18
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The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
- Revelation 3:5
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Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
- Romans 5:9-10
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
- Luke 6:35-36
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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Ephesians 1:7
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but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
- Acts 26:20
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When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
- Acts 11:18
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Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
- Revelation 2:5
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God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
- Acts 5:31
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Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
- Acts 3:19
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Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
- Romans 2:4
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correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
- 2 Timothy 2:25
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From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
- Matthew 4:17
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For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
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bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
- Colossians 3:13
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The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
- Acts 17:30
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I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
- Luke 5:32
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No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
- Luke 13:3
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The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
- 2 Peter 3:9
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“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
- Luke 6:37
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
- John 3:16-17
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For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 6:14-15
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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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
- Mark 1:14-15
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Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32
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And Peter said to them, “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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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 1 John 1:9
We hope you learned more about repentance by these Bible verses. Please don’t forget to share God’s word with others today!
