Repentance (Bible Verses)

What does the Bible say about Repentance? Explore this dedicated resource for a comprehensive study of the scriptures and key verses related to Repentance. This guide is designed to cater to both beginners and advanced students of the Bible, providing a deeper understanding of Bible themes and their significance. Dive into a rich tapestry of historical contexts, detailed exegesis, and thematic studies that offer practical applications and spiritual guidance. Engage with the transformative power of scripture as we uncover the meaning, divine wisdom, and eternal truths about the Bible verses related to the topic of Repentance, enhancing how we perceive and live out our faith.

2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Isaiah 55:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

1 Samuel 7:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

Psalms 51:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

1 John 1:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

2 Peter 3:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

James 4:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Isaiah 40:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 1:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Acts 2:38 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Isaiah 55:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Luke 23:43 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Matthew 3:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Hosea 6:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Psalms 51:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Jeremiah 4:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Psalms 51:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Luke 15:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Proverbs 28:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

James 4:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Jeremiah 18:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Deuteronomy 4:29 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Lamentations 3:40 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Hosea 10:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Ezekiel 33:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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?

Daniel 9:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Joel 2:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Psalms 51:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Matthew 4:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Daniel 9:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Romans 2:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

2 Chronicles 15:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Jonah 1:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Zechariah 12:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

Acts 17:30 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Acts 3:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Matthew 3:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Revelation 3:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Joel 2:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Nehemiah 1:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Isaiah 45:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Luke 18:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Luke 3:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

2 Peter 2:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Mark 1:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Ezekiel 18:20 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Nehemiah 1:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Psalms 51:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Psalms 19:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Luke 18:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

Romans 2:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

Jonah 4:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Matthew 3:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Revelation 3:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Matthew 3:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Luke 15:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Jonah 2:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

James 4:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Luke 19:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Hosea 14:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Psalms 51:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Luke 15:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Luke 19:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

Hosea 6:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Jonah 1:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Revelation 2:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Daniel 9:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 4:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Matthew 3:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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:

Hosea 6:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Psalms 119:67 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Bible Theme & Topic Recap: Repentance

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