29 Bible Verses about Repentance, Importance Of

I am not come to call the righteous but sinners, to repentance."

My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back, let him know that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his ways, saves his soul from death, and hides a multitude of sins.

In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

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

The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong. He must be gentle when instructing opponents; for possibly God may give them a change of mind for the recognition of the truth, and they may come to their senses again, and escape the snare of the devil, as they are restored to life by God to do his will.

Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones. And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

Remember whence you have fallen, and turn again, and do your first works. Otherwise I am coming to you and will remove your candlestick out of its place, unless you repent.

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."

After John had been thrown into prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God. "The time is now come," he said, "and the kingdom of God is near! Repent and believe the gospel."

"Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, whomever the Lord may call."

"Repent then! and reform, from the blotting out of your sins, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

"Him God has exalted at his right hand as Prince and Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?

I have given her time for repentance; but she is determined not to turn from her immorality.

"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but he now commands all men that they should all, everywhere, repent; inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."

On the contrary, encourage each other daily, so long as there is a "Today," so that no one of you is hindered by the deceitfulness of sin. For we are become comrades of the Christ, if we hold our first title deed firm until the very end. In the words of Scripture, Today, if you hear his voice, Do not continue to harden your hearts as at the Provocation.

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

"For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

And the rest of mankind who were not killed with these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They would not give up the worship of demons and of idols made of gold and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts.

And men were scorched with the terrible heat; and they blasphemed the name of the God who had the power over these plagues; yet they repented not, to give him glory. And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened, and men gnawed their tongues for pain, and they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores; yet of their deeds they did not repent.

And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive; For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables, so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.

Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?" He answered. "To you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God; But all others are taught in parables so that seeing they shall not see, and hearing they shall not hear.

Unable to agree among themselves, they began to go, but not before Paul had spoken a word to them, saying. "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your ancestors, through the prophet Isaiah. "Go to the people and tell them, You will hear and hear, and by no means understand; And will look, and by no means see. For this people's heart is grown obtuse, Their ears are heavy of hearing, Their eyes have they closed, Lest they should see with their eyes And hear with their ears, Lest they understand with their heart, And turn again, and heal them.

Take care lest there be any fornicator or scorner like Esau among you, who for one meal sold his birthright. For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; he found no room for repentance, though he sought it earnestly, with tears.