Acts 8:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² So repent of this depravity and wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this contriving thought and purpose of your heart may be removed and disregarded and forgiven you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

Common English Bible

²² Therefore, change your heart and life! Turn from your wickedness! Plead with the Lord in the hope that your wicked intent can be forgiven,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² And so, repent from this, your wickedness, and beg God, so that perhaps this plan of your heart might be forgiven you.

Acts 8:22 Cross References

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Acts 17:30

While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 9:11

The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment he is praying,

Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

Acts 8:20

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God’s gift with money!

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”

Jonah 1:6

The captain came and said to him, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up; call on your god! Perhaps the god will spare us a thought so that we do not perish.”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.