150 Bible verses for repentance of sins

If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away.

and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.

Unto the end. The understanding of David.But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.I will confess to you forever, because you have accomplished it. And I will wait on your name, for it is good in the sight of your saints.When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, David went to the house of Ahimelech.

Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

I have not come to call the just, but sinners to repentance."

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

Yet truly, Peter said to them: "Do penance; and be baptized, each 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.

Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.

I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.

And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.

He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say: "Repent. For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."

But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?

The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.

Now, therefore, the Lord says: "Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning."And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and convert to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and merciful, patient and full of compassion, and steadfast despite ill will.

So then, go out and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the just, but sinners."

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!

So then, truly acknowledge your iniquity, that you have betrayed the Lord your God, and that you have spread your ways to strangers, under every leafy tree, and that you have not listened to my voice, says the Lord.

So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant."

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners! And purify your hearts, you duplicitous souls!

Therefore, produce fruit worthy of repentance.

And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance.

and, in his name, for repentance and the remission of sins to be preached, among all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.

Let Israel hope in the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.

For after you converted me, I did penance. And after you revealed to me, I struck my thigh. I am confounded and ashamed. For I have endured the disgrace of my youth.'

I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.

My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of offense in him.But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes.I am writing to you, little sons, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name.I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, adolescents, because you have overcome the evil one.I am writing to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I am writing to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.Little sons, it is the last hour. And, as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have arrived. By this, we know that it is the last hour.They went out from among us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, certainly they would have remained with us. But in this way, it is made manifest that none of them are of us.And he is the propitiation for our sins. And not only for our sins, but also for those of the whole world.

The foolish will speak mockingly of sin. But grace lingers among the just.

For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Above them, the flying things of the air will dwell. From the midst of the rocks, they will utter voices.

Because of this, thus says the Lord: "If you will be converted, I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will separate what is precious from what is vile. You will be my mouthpiece. They will be converted to you, but you will not be converted to them.

I shall rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.I am not worthy to be called your son. Make me one of your hired hands.'

And I will no longer remember their sins and iniquities."

I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Having heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying: "So has God also given to the Gentiles repentance unto life."

And she said, "No one, Lord." Then Jesus said: "Neither will I condemn you. Go, and now do not choose to sin anymore."

Will not Zion say that this man and that man were born in her? And the Most High himself has founded her.

In him, we have redemption through his blood: the remission of sins in accord with the riches of his grace,

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God?

And he said: "Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance, as a remission of sins.

For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

But Zacchaeus, standing still, said to the Lord: "Behold, Lord, one half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone in any matter, I will repay him fourfold."Jesus said to him: "Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.

But I preached, first to those who are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and then to the entire region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, so that they would repent and convert to God, doing the works that are worthy of repentance.

and if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,'and they return to you with all their heart and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led away as captives, and if they pray to you in the direction of their land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the temple, which I have built to your name:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge each one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities, and then iniquity will not be your ruin.Cast all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, away from you, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And then why should you die, O house of Israel?

What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.He will turn back and have mercy on us. He will put away our iniquities, and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.

And the tax collector, standing at a distance, was not willing to even lift up his eyes to heaven. But he struck his chest, saying: 'O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.'

Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls."Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."

testifying both to Jews and to Gentiles about repentance in God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

Why do you glory in malice, you who are powerful in iniquity?All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.

He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth.

But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.

And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,

Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I do not desire the death of the impious, but that the impious should convert from his way and live. Be converted, be converted from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?

My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.

And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved."

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.We have been justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Therefore, interrupting an explanation of the basics of Christ, let us consider what is more advanced, not presenting again the fundamentals of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly.

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Therefore, having these promises, most beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God.

May God have mercy on us and bless us. May he shine his countenance upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

Jesus said to him: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

By mercy and truth, iniquity is redeemed. And by the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For even if our heart reproaches us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows all things.Most beloved, if our heart does not reproach us, we can have confidence toward God;

By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

And the son said to him: 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Now I am not worthy to be called your son.'

And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.

correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth,and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.

Therefore, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there, before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.

In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.

So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.

to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error,and so be renewed in the spirit of your mind,and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.

My hand has made all these things, and all these things have been made, says the Lord. But upon whom will I look with favor, except upon a poor little one, who is contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my words?

Afterwards, Jesus found him in the temple, and he said to him: "Behold, you have been healed. Do not choose to sin further, otherwise something worse may happen to you."

And this is the confidence which we have toward God: that no matter what we shall request, in accord with his will, he hears us.And we know that he hears us, no matter what we request; so we know that we can obtain the things that we request of him.

Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.

For those who are Christ's have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.

Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

And he went out to meet Asa, and he said to him: "Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

And he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom."And Jesus said to him, "Amen I say to you, this day you shall be with me in Paradise."

Unto the end. A Psalm of David.The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

To him all the Prophets offer testimony that through his name all who believe in him receive the remission of sins."

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives; and whoever seeks, finds; and to anyone who knocks, it will be opened.

Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.

I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.

Because of this, God will destroy you in the end. He will pull you up, and he will remove you from your tabernacle and your root from the land of the living.

And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.

For through baptism we have been buried with him into death, so that, in the manner that Christ rose from the dead, by the glory of the Father, so may we also walk in the newness of life.

And so, repent from this, your wickedness, and beg God, so that perhaps this plan of your heart might be forgiven you.

For the grace of God our Savior has appeared to all men,instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,

Because of this, I tell you: many sins are forgiven her, because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven less, loves less."

For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.

But as for you, taking up every concern, minister virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;and in knowledge, moderation; and in moderation, patience; and in patience, piety;and in piety, love of brotherhood; and in love of brotherhood, charity.For if these things are with you, and if they abound, they will cause you to be neither empty, nor without fruit, within the plan of our Lord Jesus Christ.For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses.

Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: "Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?"Jesus said to him: "I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.

For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.

The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.According to these things, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man will be revealed.In that hour, whoever will be on the rooftop, with his goods in the house, let him not descend to take them. And whoever will be in the field, similarly, let him not turn back.Remember Lot's wife.Whoever has sought to save his life, will lose it; and whoever has lost it, will bring it back to life.I say to you, in that night, there will be two in one bed. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind.Two will be at the grindstone together. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind. Two will be in the field. One will be taken up, and the other will be left behind."Responding, they said to him, "Where, Lord?"And he said to them, "Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together."And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, 'I am sorry,' then forgive him."

For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength,nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him.

It is he whom God has exalted at his right hand as Ruler and Savior, so as to offer repentance and the remission of sins to Israel.

You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.

for it is written: "You shall be holy, for I am Holy."

Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.

And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.

The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.

Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.

And similarly, the Spirit also helps our weakness. For we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself asks on our behalf with ineffable sighing.And he who examines hearts knows what the Spirit seeks, because he asks on behalf of the saints in accordance with God.