30 Bible Verses about Repentance, Importance Of

I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to repentance.

Brethren, if any among you should err from the truth, and one should turn him back, let him know that he who turns back a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins.

And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins;

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

and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils, in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth, and that they may awake to sobriety out of the snare of the devil, after having been taken captive by him according to his will.

Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance. And begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. And now also the ax is lying at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

Remember, therefore, whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent.

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

But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying: The time has fully come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the gospel.

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

And Peter said to them: Repent, and be immersed, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you, and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.

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

Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:

And when they heard these things, they ceased to contend; and they glorified God, saying: Then, indeed, has God given to the Gentiles also repentance in order to life.

The Lord does not delay concerning his promise, as some men count delay, but he is long-suffering toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Or, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

And I have given her time to repent; and she will not repent of her lewdness.

Yet the times of this ignorance God overlooked; but now, he commands all men everywhere to repent: because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world, in righteousness, by the man whom he has chosen, giving to all assurance of this, by having raised him from the dead.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day, lest any of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we are partakers of the Christ, if we hold our begun confidence firm to the end; while it is said, To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the bitter provocation.

again, he determines a certain day, saying in David, after so long a time, To-day, as it is said, To day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Then he began to reprove the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And you, when you had seen it, after ward felt no regret, that you might believe him.

And the rest of men that were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they might not worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their lewdness, nor of their thefts.

And men were scorched with great heat; and they uttered impious words against the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they repented not, that they might give him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his cup on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain; and they spoke impiously against the God of heaven because of their pains, and be cause of their sores; and they repented not of their works.

And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive. For the heart of this people has become fat; and with their ears they hear heavily; and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn to me, and I should give them health.

And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are without, all things are done in parables; that they may surely see, and not perceive; and that they may surely hear, and not understand; lest they should turn to me, and their sins should be forgiven them.

And the disciples asked him, saying: What does this parable mean? He replied: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that when they see, they may not see, and when they hear, they may not understand.

And not agreeing among themselves, they departed, after Paul had spoken one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak to our fathers by Isaiah the prophet, saying: Go to this people and say, You shall surely hear, but you will not understand; and you shall surely see, but you will not perceive. For the heart of this people has become fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should restore them to health.

lest there be any lewd person, or profane man, as Esau, who, for a single meal, sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no means to change his father's mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.