150 Bible verses for repentance of sins

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from everything we’ve done wrong.

Change your hearts and lives! Turn back to God so that your sins may be wiped away.

if my people who belong to me will humbly pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Have mercy on me, God, according to your faithful love! Wipe away my wrongdoings according to your great compassion!Wash me completely clean of my guilt; purify me from my sin!

Let the wicked abandon their ways and the sinful their schemes. Let them return to the LORD so that he may have mercy on them, to our God, because he is generous with forgiveness.

I didn’t come to call righteous people but sinners to change their hearts and lives.”

Or do you have contempt for the riches of God’s generosity, tolerance, and patience? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is supposed to lead you to change your heart and life?

Peter replied, “Change your hearts and lives. Each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Those who hide their sins won’t succeed, but those who confess and give them up will receive mercy.

In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes both heart and life than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to change their hearts and lives.

Come now, and let’s settle this, says the LORD. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow. If they are red as crimson, they will become like wool.

So I admitted my sin to you; I didn’t conceal my guilt. “I’ll confess my sins to the LORD, ” is what I said. Then you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah

From that time Jesus began to announce, “Change your hearts and lives! Here comes the kingdom of heaven!”

But if the wicked turn away from all the sins that they have committed, keep all my regulations, and act justly and responsibly, they will surely live and not die.None of the sins that they committed will be held against them, but they will live because they do the right things.Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the LORD God. Certainly not! If they change their ways, they will live.

The Lord isn’t slow to keep his promise, as some think of slowness, but he is patient toward you, not wanting anyone to perish but all to change their hearts and lives.

Create a clean heart for me, God; put a new, faithful spirit deep inside me!

Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your hearts, with fasting, with weeping, and with sorrow;tear your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, very patient, full of faithful love, and ready to forgive.

Go and learn what this means: I want mercy and not sacrifice. I didn’t come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

Therefore, the LORD God, the holy one of Israel, says: In return and rest you will be saved; quietness and trust will be your strength— but you refused.

Only acknowledge your wrongdoing: how you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and given yourself to strangers under every lush tree and haven’t obeyed me, declares the LORD.

In the same way, I tell you, joy breaks out in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who changes both heart and life.”

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Produce fruit that shows you have changed your hearts and lives.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stony heart from your body and replace it with a living one,

Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; I’m worried about my sin.

God overlooks ignorance of these things in times past, but now directs everyone everywhere to change their hearts and lives.

and a change of heart and life for the forgiveness of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

I swept away your rebellions like a cloud, and your sins like fog. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.

If you kept track of sins, LORD— my Lord, who would stand a chance?But forgiveness is with you— that’s why you are honored.

After I turned away from you, I regretted it; I realized what I had done, and I have hit myself— I was humiliated and disgraced, and I have carried this disgrace since I was young.”

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Please, for the sake of your good name, LORD, forgive my sins, which are many!

My little children, I’m writing these things to you so that you don’t sin. But if you do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.He is God’s way of dealing with our sins, not only ours but the sins of the whole world.

Fools mock a compensation offering, but favor is with those who do right.

The wages that sin pays are death, but God’s gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

As far as east is from west— that’s how far God has removed our sin from us.

Therefore, the LORD proclaims: If you return to me, I will take you back and let you stand before me. If you utter what is worthwhile, not what is worthless, you will be my spokesman. They will turn to you, not you to them!

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.I no longer deserve to be called your son. Take me on as one of your hired hands.”’

“And I won’t remember their sins ” “and their lawless behavior anymore.”

I, I am the one who wipes out your rebellious behavior for my sake. I won’t remember your sin.

Once the apostles and other believers heard this, they calmed down. They praised God and concluded, “So then God has enabled Gentiles to change their hearts and lives so that they might have new life.”

She said, “No one, sir.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on, don’t sin anymore.”

because, my Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of faithful love for all those who cry out to you.

Godly sadness produces a changed heart and life that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but sorrow under the influence of the world produces death.Now I’m glad—not because you were sad but because you were made sad enough to change your hearts and lives. You felt godly sadness so that no one was harmed by us in any way.

A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God. You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed.

We have been ransomed through his Son’s blood, and we have forgiveness for our failures based on his overflowing grace,

how much more will the blood of Jesus wash our consciences clean from dead works in order to serve the living God? He offered himself to God through the eternal Spirit as a sacrifice without any flaw.

and said, “I assure you that if you don’t turn your lives around and become like this little child, you will definitely not enter the kingdom of heaven.

John the Baptist was in the wilderness calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins.

The one who is high and lifted up, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says: I live on high, in holiness, and also with the crushed and the lowly, reviving the spirit of the lowly, reviving the heart of those who have been crushed.

Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much.”Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham.

Instead, I proclaimed first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to the whole region of Judea and to the Gentiles. My message was that they should change their hearts and lives and turn to God, and that they should demonstrate this change in their behavior.

if they change their heart in whatever land they are held captive, changing their lives and begging for your mercy, saying, “We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly!”and if they return to you with all their heart and all their being in the enemy territory where they’ve been taken captive, and pray to you, toward their land, which you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen, and toward the temple I have built for your name,

Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.Trusting with the heart leads to righteousness, and confessing with the mouth leads to salvation.

The LORD God’s spirit is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim release for captives, and liberation for prisoners,

Therefore, I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel. This is what the LORD God says. Turn, turn away from all your sins. Don’t let them be sinful obstacles for you.Abandon all of your repeated sins. Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity, overlooking the sin of the few remaining for his inheritance? He doesn’t hold on to his anger forever; he delights in faithful love.He will once again have compassion on us; he will tread down our iniquities. You will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea.

But don’t remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoing. Remember me only according to your faithful love for the sake of your goodness, LORD.

This saying is reliable and deserves full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I’m the biggest sinner of all.

I’ve considered my ways and turned my feet back to your laws.

But the tax collector stood at a distance. He wouldn’t even lift his eyes to look toward heaven. Rather, he struck his chest and said, ‘God, show mercy to me, a sinner.’

“Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.Put on my yoke, and learn from me. I’m gentle and humble. And you will find rest for yourselves.My yoke is easy to bear, and my burden is light.”

You know I have testified to both Jews and Greeks that they must change their hearts and lives as they turn to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

So now there isn’t any condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Because I know my wrongdoings, my sin is always right in front of me.I’ve sinned against you—you alone. I’ve committed evil in your sight. That’s why you are justified when you render your verdict, completely correct when you issue your judgment.

He carried in his own body on the cross the sins we committed. He did this so that we might live in righteousness, having nothing to do with sin. By his wounds you were healed.

“Happy are people who grieve, because they will be made glad.

I’ve wandered off like a sheep, lost. Find your servant because I haven’t forgotten your commandments!

He was pierced because of our rebellions and crushed because of our crimes. He bore the punishment that made us whole; by his wounds we are healed.

That is what some of you used to be! But you were washed clean, you were made holy to God, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; don’t rely on your own intelligence.Know him in all your paths, and he will keep your ways straight.

Examine me, God! Look at my heart! Put me to the test! Know my anxious thoughts!Look to see if there is any idolatrous way in me, then lead me on the eternal path!

Don’t be conformed to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that you can figure out what God’s will is—what is good and pleasing and mature.

Say to them, This is what the LORD God says: As surely as I live, do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked? If the wicked turn from their ways, they will live. Turn, completely turn from your wicked ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?

Please don’t bring your servant to judgment, because no living thing is righteous before you.

Salvation can be found in no one else. Throughout the whole world, no other name has been given among humans through which we must be saved.”

Now, may the God of peace himself cause you to be completely dedicated to him; and may your spirit, soul, and body be kept intact and blameless at our Lord Jesus Christ’s coming.

All have sinned and fall short of God’s glory,but all are treated as righteous freely by his grace because of a ransom that was paid by Christ Jesus.

So let’s press on to maturity, by moving on from the basics about Christ’s word. Let’s not lay a foundation of turning away from dead works, of faith in God,

You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed.It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!

No, I tell you, but unless you change your hearts and lives, you will die just as they did.

Forgive us for the ways we have wronged you, just as we also forgive those who have wronged us.

But can anyone know what they’ve accidentally done wrong? Clear me of any unknown sinand save your servant from willful sins. Don’t let them rule me. Then I’ll be completely blameless; I’ll be innocent of great wrongdoing.

My dear friends, since we have these promises, let’s cleanse ourselves from anything that contaminates our body or spirit so that we make our holiness complete in the fear of God.

If I had cherished evil in my heart, my Lord would not have listened.But God definitely listened. He heard the sound of my prayer.Bless God! He didn’t reject my prayer; he didn’t withhold his faithful love from me.

Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt; the fear of the LORD turns away evil.

Therefore, since we have been made righteous through his faithfulness, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows all things.Dear friends, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence in relationship to God.

because countless evils surround me. My wrongdoings have caught up with me— I can’t see a thing! There’s more of them than hairs on my head— my courage leaves me.

Then his son said, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.’

Prayer that comes from faith will heal the sick, for the Lord will restore them to health. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven.For this reason, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerful in what it can achieve.

and should correct opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will change their mind and give them a knowledge of the truth.They may come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap that holds them captive to do his will.

Before I suffered, I took the wrong way, but now I do what you say.

Everyone whom the Father gives to me will come to me, and I won’t send away anyone who comes to me.

Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,leave your gift at the altar and go. First make things right with your brother or sister and then come back and offer your gift.

This is love: it is not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as the sacrifice that deals with our sins.

Therefore, let’s draw near with a genuine heart with the certainty that our faith gives us, since our hearts are sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies are washed with pure water.

change the former way of life that was part of the person you once were, corrupted by deceitful desires.Instead, renew the thinking in your mind by the Spiritand clothe yourself with the new person created according to God’s image in justice and true holiness.

My hand made all these things and brought them into being, says the LORD. But here is where I will look: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who tremble at my word.

Later Jesus found him in the temple and said, “See! You have been made well. Don’t sin anymore in case something worse happens to you.”

This is the confidence that we have in our relationship with God: If we ask for anything in agreement with his will, he listens to us.If we know that he listens to whatever we ask, we know that we have received what we asked from him.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

Pursue the goal of peace along with everyone—and holiness as well, because no one will see the Lord without it.

Brothers and sisters, I myself don’t think I’ve reached it, but I do this one thing: I forget about the things behind me and reach out for the things ahead of me.The goal I pursue is the prize of God’s upward call in Christ Jesus.

We all must appear before Christ in court so that each person can be paid back for the things that were done while in the body, whether they were good or bad.

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the self with its passions and its desires.

No temptation has seized you that isn’t common for people. But God is faithful. He won’t allow you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead, with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.

But if we live in the light in the same way as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.

he confronted Asa: “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin,” he said. “The LORD is with you as long as you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Therefore, humble yourselves under God’s power so that he may raise you up in the last day.Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you.

I baptize with water those of you who have changed your hearts and lives. The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am. I’m not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ.

I’ve sought your favor with all my heart; have mercy on me according to your word.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”Jesus replied, “I assure you that today you will be with me in paradise.”

LORD, you have examined me. You know me.You know when I sit down and when I stand up. Even from far away, you comprehend my plans.

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength; they will fly up on wings like eagles; they will run and not be tired; they will walk and not be weary.

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

“Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door is opened.

Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born anew, it’s not possible to see God’s kingdom.”

God caused the one who didn’t know sin to be sin for our sake so that through him we could become the righteousness of God.

The LORD is close to everyone who calls out to him, to all who call out to him sincerely.God shows favor to those who honor him, listening to their cries for help and saving them.

I love those who love me; those who seek me will find me.

Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

But now, says the LORD— the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.

Therefore, we were buried together with him through baptism into his death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too can walk in newness of life.

Therefore, change your heart and life! Turn from your wickedness! Plead with the Lord in the hope that your wicked intent can be forgiven,

The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.It educates us so that we can live sensible, ethical, and godly lives right now by rejecting ungodly lives and the desires of this world.

The LORD supports all who fall down, straightens up all who are bent low.

This is why I tell you that her many sins have been forgiven; so she has shown great love. The one who is forgiven little loves little.”

You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord, so live your life as children of light.

This is why you must make every effort to add moral excellence to your faith; and to moral excellence, knowledge;and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, endurance; and to endurance, godliness;and to godliness, affection for others; and to affection for others, love.If all these are yours and they are growing in you, they’ll keep you from becoming inactive and unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.Whoever lacks these things is shortsighted and blind, forgetting that they were cleansed from their past sins.

Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Should I forgive as many as seven times?”Jesus said, “Not just seven times, but rather as many as seventy-seven times.

How great is the goodness that you’ve reserved for those who honor you, that you commit to those who take refuge in you— in the sight of everyone!

You have been bought and paid for, so honor God with your body.

Return the joy of your salvation to me and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Come, my heart says, seek God’s face. LORD, I do seek your face!

Watch yourselves! If your brother or sister sins, warn them to stop. If they change their hearts and lives, forgive them.Even if someone sins against you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I am changing my ways,’ you must forgive that person.”

I’m convinced that nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus our Lord: not death or life, not angels or rulers, not present things or future things, not powersor height or depth, or any other thing that is created.

For John came to you on the righteous road, and you didn’t believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw this, you didn’t change your hearts and lives and you didn’t believe him.

God has exalted Jesus to his right side as leader and savior so that he could enable Israel to change its heart and life and to find forgiveness for sins.

how God forgives all your sins, heals all your sickness,

It is written, “You will be holy, because I am holy.”

Don’t consider yourself wise. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

But now, LORD, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. All of us are the work of your hand.

The breath of a person is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inmost parts.

So then, with endurance, let’s also run the race that is laid out in front of us, since we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us. Let’s throw off any extra baggage, get rid of the sin that trips us up,and fix our eyes on Jesus, faith’s pioneer and perfecter. He endured the cross, ignoring the shame, for the sake of the joy that was laid out in front of him, and sat down at the right side of God’s throne.

In the same way, the Spirit comes to help our weakness. We don’t know what we should pray, but the Spirit himself pleads our case with unexpressed groans.The one who searches hearts knows how the Spirit thinks, because he pleads for the saints, consistent with God’s will.