Isaiah 55:7
Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.
Isaiah 44:22
I have wiped your transgressions out like cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!"
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.
Isaiah 43:25
I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember your sins.
Genesis 6:5
And Yahweh saw that the evil of humankind [was] great upon the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] always only evil.
Exodus 34:6-7
And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,
Numbers 14:18-19
'Yahweh [is] {slow to anger} and great of loyal love, {forgiving} sin and rebellion; but surely he leaves nothing unpunished, visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons to the third and fourth generations.'
2 Chronicles 7:14
[then if] my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.
Psalm 51:1
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 66:18
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
Psalm 130:7
O Israel, wait for Yahweh. For with Yahweh [there is] loyal love, and with him [there is] abundant redemption.
Isaiah 1:16-18
Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!
Isaiah 32:7
And a scoundrel, his weapons [are] evil; he plans evil devices to ruin [the] poor with words of deception even when the speech of [the] needy [is] right.
Isaiah 40:2
"Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, that her compulsory labor is fulfilled, that her sin is paid for, that she has {received} from the hand of Yahweh double for all her sins."
Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may depart, and the hills may sway, but my faithfulness shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not sway," says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction [are] in their highways.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore rain showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come. Yet {you have} [the] forehead of a woman prostitute, you refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 3:12-13
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, 'Return, apostate Israel,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not cause my {anger} to fall on you. For I [am] loyal,' {declares} Yahweh. 'I will not be angry {forever}.
Jeremiah 4:14
Cleanse your heart from wickedness, Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. {How long} will your thoughts of mischief dwell in your inner part?
Jeremiah 8:4-6
"And you shall say to them, 'Thus asks Yahweh: "Do men fall and not stand up? If one turns away does he not return?
Ezekiel 3:18-19
{When I say} to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn [the] wicked from his wicked way {so that he may live}, that wicked [person] will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood.
Ezekiel 18:21-23
But if the wicked returns from all of his sins that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die!
Ezekiel 18:27-32
And when the wicked turns from his wickedness that he did and he does justice and righteousness, {he will preserve his life}.
Ezekiel 33:11
Say to them, '{As I live},' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, '{Surely I have no delight} in the death of the wicked, {except} in [the] wicked returning from his way, and he lives. Turn back! Turn back from your ways, O evil [ones], for why should you die, house of Israel?'
Ezekiel 33:14-16
And when I say to the wicked, 'Certainly you will die,' but he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness--
Hosea 14:1-2
Return to Yahweh your God, Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin.
Jonah 3:10
And God saw their deeds--that they turned from their evil ways--and God changed his mind about the evil that he had said [he would] bring upon them, and he did not do [it].
Zechariah 8:17
Do not devise evil in your hearts [against] your neighbor, and do not love {a false oath}, because all these [are] things I hate," {declares} Yahweh.
Matthew 9:13
But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 15:18-19
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person.
Matthew 23:25-26
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence!
Mark 7:21
For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,
Mark 7:23
All these evil [things] come from within and defile a person."
Luke 7:47
{For this reason} I tell you, her sins--[which were] many--have been forgiven, for she loved much. But [the one] to whom little is forgiven loves little."
Luke 11:39-40
But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.
Luke 15:10
In the [same] way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Luke 15:24
because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.
Acts 3:19
Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out,
Acts 8:21-22
{You have no} part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.
Acts 26:20
but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed [that they should] repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,
Ephesians 1:6-8
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved,
1 Timothy 1:15-16
The saying [is] trustworthy and worthy of all acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
James 1:15
Then desire, [after it] has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, [when it] is brought to completion, gives birth to death.
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!
Romans 5:16-21
And the gift [is] not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one [sin] [led] to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, [led] to justification.