30 Bible Verses about Repentance, Importance Of

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

Brethren, if any man among you should have erred from the truth, and one convert him; let him know, that he that converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

John was baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

and he came into all the country on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

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

And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing, with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the conviction of the truth; and that they may escape out of the snare of the devil, who have been captured by him for his will.

Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

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

But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God: and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draweth nigh: repent, and believe the gospel.

and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptised every one of you into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off; even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when refreshing seasons shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Him hath God exalted at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.

So when they heard these things they were satisfied, and glorified God, saying, Well! then hath God even to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

The Lord doth not delay the promise (as some count it delay); but is longsuffering towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should have space for repentance.

Or despisest thou the riches of his kindness and patience and long-suffering, ignorant that this goodness of God is leading thee to repentance?

And I gave her a space that she should repent of her whoredom, and she hath not repented.

These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent: because he hath fixed the day in which he will judge the whole world in righteousness by the man whom he hath appointed; affording evidence of this to all, by raising him from the dead.

but exhort one another daily, whilst to-day remains, that no one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we are partakers with Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end; while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

again he limiteth a certain day, saying by David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, "To-day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts."

Then began he to upbraid the cities in which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they repented not:

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the tax-gatherers and harlots believed on him. But ye, when ye saw it, repented not afterwards, that ye should believe on him.

And the residue of mankind, who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of wood, and of stone: which can neither see nor hear, nor walk: and they repented not of their murders, nor of their magical arts, nor of their whoredom, nor of their thefts.

And the men were scorched with a fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who had power over these plagues: and they repented not, to give him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his vase upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their own tongues from anguish, and they blasphemed the God of heaven, in the midst of their anguish, and of their ulcers, and repented not of their works.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, With the hearing ye shall hear, and not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and in no wise perceive: for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with the eves, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

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 in parables: That seeing they may see, yet not perceive; and hearing may hear, yet not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them.

Then his disciples asked him, saying. What might this parable mean? And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables: that seeing they may not perceive, and hearing may not comprehend.

So being divided in sentiment among themselves, they broke up, Paul adding one word, That well had the Holy Ghost spoken by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go to this people, and say, "In hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, yet in nowise perceive. For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they are thick of hearing, and their eyes have they shut; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and become converts, and I should heal them."

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of bread parted with his birthrights. For ye know, that when afterwards he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place for a change of [his father's] mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.