17 Bible Verses about Urgency

"Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.

"He who solemnly declares all this says, "'Yes, I am coming quickly.'" Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

"The time has fully come," He said, "and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

I tell you, certainly not. On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did.

"Repent," replied Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, with a view to the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord,

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.

I solemnly implore you, in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead, and by His Appearing and His Kingship: proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.

Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle. The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together. For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

For He says, "At a time of welcome I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have succoured you." Now is the time of loving welcome! Now is the day of salvation!

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you.

Blessed is he who reads and blessed are those who listen to the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time for its fulfillment is now close at hand.

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins; for, unless you believe that I am He, that is what will happen."