16 Bible Verses about Repentance, Nature Of

for they declare of us what introduction we had to you, and how you turned from idols to God, to serve the living and true God,

and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We are also men subject to like sufferings with you, preaching that you should turn from these vain [services] to the living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things in them,

Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you; draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, purify your hearts, double-minded. Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.read more.
Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

For if I even grieved you by the epistle, I do not repent, though I did repent; for because I see that the epistle grieved you but for a time, now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you grieved to a change of mind; for you were grieved in a godly manner, to suffer injury from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote on his breast, saying, God, be propitious to me a sinner.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired servants.

Wherefore I judge that we ought not to trouble those who turned to God from the gentiles, but to send to them to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and fornication, and things strangled, and blood.

And Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, Behold, half of my property, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of any thing, I restore fourfold.

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your brothers.

And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.

but preached first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and in all the country of Judea, and to the gentiles, that they should change their minds and turn to God, performing works worthy of a change of mind.

Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a change of mind;

Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do? And he answered and said to them, Let him that has two coats give to him that has none; and let him that has food do the same. And publicans, also, came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?read more.
And he said to them, Do nothing more than is appointed for you. And the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be contented with your wages.