Repent

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

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

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.

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

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

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

if my people, who 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 fruit worthy of repentance:

Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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

I am not come 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 transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

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

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

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

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

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

For thus said the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto 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 the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick. — read the full passage →

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said 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 doubleminded.

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

And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

For if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah 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 Jehovah. Return ye, 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 John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 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 that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

I indeed baptize you in 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 in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

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

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

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a 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 saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought it diligently 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.

It may 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 in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?

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

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

But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. — read the full passage →

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah 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 sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; — read the full passage →

and then fell away, it is impossible 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 time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

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

And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, 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 a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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

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

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

And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.

and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; — read the full passage →

This isthe end of the matter; all hath been heard: 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 to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth 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 except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

O Israel, return unto Jehovah 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 calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God. — read the full passage →

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

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

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

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