Israel’s Rebellion and Repentance

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.

Nathan’s Parable and David’s Repentance

So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him: There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition You in their captors’ land: “We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,”

After all this Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again set up priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition You in their captors’ land, saying: “We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,”

Manasseh’s Repentance

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.

He opens their ears to correction and insists they repent from iniquity.

Therefore I take back my words and repent in dust and ashes.

If anyone does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung His bow and made it ready.

When He killed some of them, the rest began to seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

Zion will be redeemed by justice, her repentant ones by righteousness.

True Repentance

I thought: How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations. I thought: You will call Me, my Father, and never turn away from Me.

Jeremiah Told to Repent

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak noble words, rather than worthless ones, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must return to you; you must not return to them.

After I returned, I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

Repentance and Restoration

Set up road markers for yourself; establish signposts! Keep the highway in mind, the way you have traveled. Return, Virgin Israel! Return to these cities of yours.

Today you repented and did what pleased Me, each of you proclaiming freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me at the temple called by My name.

“Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your detestable things.

“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so they will not be a stumbling block that causes your punishment.

For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “So repent and live!

Tell them: As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?

“So when I tell the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right—

A Call to Repentance

Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has wounded us, and He will bind up our wounds.

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.

A Plea to Repent

Israel, return to Yahweh your God, for you have stumbled in your sin.

Take words of repentance with you and return to the Lord. Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin and accept what is good, so that we may repay You with praise from our lips.

God’s Call for Repentance

Even now— this is the Lord’s declaration— turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

A Call to Repentance

Gather yourselves together; gather together, undesirable nation,

A Plea for Repentance

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”

and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”

Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent:

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and look—something greater than Jonah is here!

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

So they went out and preached that people should repent.

He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Unrepentant Towns

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation, and look—something greater than Jonah is here!

Repent or Perish

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous people who don’t need repentance.

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

God exalted this man to His right hand as ruler and Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

Joy and Repentance

Accept us. We have wronged no one, corrupted no one, defrauded no one.

Now I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

I fear that when I come my God will again humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented of the moral impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity they practiced.

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

Warning against Regression

Therefore, leaving the elementary message about the Messiah, let us go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God,

For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit,

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.

Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

Look! I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her practices.

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.