30 Bible Verses about Repentance, Importance Of

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

My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back; let him know, that the one having turned a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.

John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins.

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

and repentance unto remission of sins is to be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil, in meekness correcting the adversaries; if peradventure God may grant unto them repentance into the perfect knowledge of the truth, and they may escape from the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him (the Lord's servant) according to his will.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves; We have Abraham our father. But truly the ax is laid to the root of the trees; Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; lest I come to you, and shall move your candlestick out of its place, if you do not repent.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of the heavens draweth nigh.

After that John was cast into prison, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand.

And Peter said to them, Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are afar off, so many as the Lord our God may call.

Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

And hearing these things, they acquiesced, and glorified God, saying, Then God has also given unto the Gentiles repentance unto life.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some people count slackness; but is long-suffering for your sakes, not wishing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.

Do you look with contempt upon the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance?

And I gave her time that she might repent, and she does not wish to repent of her fornication.

Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent: as He has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; giving faith to all, having raised Him from the dead.

but exhort one another each day, while it is called to-day; in order that no one of you may be hardened with the deceitfulness of sin: for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end. In that it is said, This day if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation:

again he appoints a certain day, saying in David, as has previously been said, This day, after so long a time; If you may hear his voice this day, harden not your hearts.

Then He began to upbraid the cities in which the most mighty works of His were performed, because they did not repent.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and harlots believed him, and you, seeing, did not afterward regret it, in order that you might believe him.

And the rest of the men who were not slain by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood; which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk: and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

And the people were scorched with a great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, Who has power over these plagues: and they did not repent to give him glory. And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain, and they blasphemed the God of the heavens on account of their pains and on account of their sores, and did not repent of their works.

And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive. Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables: in order that seeing they may see, and not know; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they may turn, and their sins may he forgiven unto them.

And His disciples asked Him saying, What might this parable be? And He said; To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

and they being disharmonious to one another, dispersed, Paul saying one word, that truly the Holy Ghost spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers, saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive: for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard with their ears heavily, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I shall heal them.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright. For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.