Repent

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. — read the full passage →

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. — read the full passage →

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, — read the full passage →

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. — read the full passage →

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: — read the full passage →

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. — read the full passage →

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. — read the full passage →

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.