150 Bible verses for repentance of sins

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Repent ye therefore, and do tshuvah, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of YY ;

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Have mercy upon me, O Elohim, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto YY , and he will have mercy upon him; and to our Elohim, for he will abundantly pardon.

I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of Elohim leadeth thee to repentance?

Then Kefa said unto them, Repent, and be immersed every one of you in the name of Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of Ruach HaKodesh.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith YY : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto YY ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

From that time Y'shuw`a began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is Lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith YY Elohim: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

YY is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim; and renew a right spirit within me.

Therefore also now, saith YY , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto YY your Elohim: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

For thus saith YY Elohim, the Holy One of Yisrael; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against YY thy Elohim, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith YY .

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of Elohim over one sinner that repenteth.

Draw nigh to Elohim, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

And the times of this ignorance Elohim winked at; but now Commandeth all men every where to repent:

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

If thou, YY , shouldest mark iniquities, O YY , who shall stand?But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

YY is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

For thy name's sake, O YY , pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach the righteous:And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Elohim is eternal life through Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach our Lord.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Therefore thus saith YY , If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

And their [32] sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified Elohim, saying, Then hath Elohim also to the Gentiles granted tshuvah unto life.

She said, No man, Lord. And Y'shuw`a said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

For thou, YY , art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a g-dly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.For g-dly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O Elohim, thou wilt not despise.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

How much more shall the blood of Moshiach, who through the eternal Ruach offered himself without spot to Elohim, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim?

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn back, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.

Yochanan did immerse in the wilderness, and preach the immersion of repentance for the remission of sins.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

And Zakkai stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.And Y'shuw`a said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Avraham.

But shewed first unto them of Dammesek, and at Yerushalayim, and throughout all the coasts of Yhudah, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to Elohim, and do works meet for repentance.

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Y'shuw`a, and shalt believe in thine heart that Elohim hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

The Spirit of YY Elohim is upon me; because YY hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Yisrael, every one according to his ways, saith YY Elohim. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Yisrael?

Who is an Elohim like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O YY .

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Moshiach Y'shuw`a came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, Elohim be merciful to me a sinner.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward Elohim, and faith toward our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Moshiach Y'shuw`a, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Ruach.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy Commandments.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Y'shuw`a, and by the Ruach of our Elohim.

But Elohim commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Moshiach died for us.

Trust in YY with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Search me, O Elohim, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of Elohim.

Say unto them, As I live, saith YY Elohim, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Yisrael?

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

And the very Elohim of shalom sanctify you wholly; and I pray Elohim your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Elohim;Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Moshiach Y'shuw`a:

Therefore leaving the principles of the teaching of Moshiach, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward Elohim,

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of Elohim:Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Therefore if any man be in Moshiach, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of Elohim.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, YY will not hear me:But verily Elohim hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.Blessed be Elohim, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

Y'shuw`a saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of YY men depart from evil.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have shalom with Elohim through our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach:

For if our heart condemn us, Elohim is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward Elohim.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if Elohim peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the Altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;Leave there thy gift before the Altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Herein is love, not that we loved Elohim, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;And that ye put on the new man, which after Elohim is created in righteousness and true holiness.

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith YY : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Afterward Y'shuw`a findeth him in the Temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

Submit yourselves therefore to Elohim. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Follow shalom with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see YY :

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of Elohim in Moshiach Y'shuw`a.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Moshiach; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

And they that are of Moshiach have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but Elohim is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Yhudah and Binyamin; YY is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of Elohim, that he may exalt you in due time:Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

I indeed immerse you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall immerse you with Ruach HaKodesh, and with fire:

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as Elohim for the sake of Moshiach hath forgiven you.

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

And he said unto Y'shuw`a, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy Kingdom.And Y'shuw`a said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

O YY , thou hast searched me, and known me.Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

But they that wait upon YY shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Y'shuw`a answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of Elohim.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of Elohim in him.

YY is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

But now thus saith YY that created thee, O Yaakov, and he that formed thee, O Yisrael, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Therefore we are buried with him by immersion into death: that like as Moshiach was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray Elohim, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

For the grace of Elohim that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and g-dly, in this present world;

YY upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in YY : walk as children of light:

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience g-dliness;And to g-dliness brotherly love; and to brotherly love tzdukim.For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Y'shuw`a HaMoshiach.But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Then came Kefa to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?Y'shuw`a saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify Elohim in your body, and in your spirit, which are of Elohim.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, YY , will I seek.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Elohim, which is in Moshiach Y'shuw`a our Lord.

For Yochanan came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Him hath Elohim exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Yisrael, and forgiveness of sins.

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear YY , and depart from evil.

But now, O YY , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

The spirit of man is the candle of YY , searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Looking unto Y'shuw`a the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the execution stake, despising the shame, and is set down at the Right Hand of the Throne of Elohim.

Likewise the Ruach also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Ruach itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Ruach, because he maketh intercession for the holy ones according to the will of Elohim.