If you are working through repentance for something specific right now, these verses are meant to be prayed directly.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Luke 11:32
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 17:3
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.
Luke 17:4
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 3:19
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Hebrews 6:1
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews 6:6
The Lord 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.
2 Peter 3:9
And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Mark 6:12
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
2 Timothy 2:25
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:38
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Acts 26:20
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Deuteronomy 32:36
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Numbers 23:19
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Genesis 6:6
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Genesis 6:7
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 3:2
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Matthew 3:8
I indeed baptize 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 baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 3:11
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Matthew 27:3
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
Acts 3:19 works well prayed by naming the specific thing you are turning away from, asking for genuine change, not only regret.
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If this speaks to your current situation, you may also want to read Bible Verses About Forgiving Yourself or Bible Verses About Faith Over Fear, both of which touch on related ground.
Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Sharing a specific verse from Bible Verses For Repentance with someone going through a similar season is one of the simplest ways this collection has been used by other readers.
Returning to Bible Verses For Repentance on a regular basis, rather than only once, often reveals something new, since the same words can land differently depending on your circumstances.
Reading Bible Verses For Repentance aloud, rather than silently, is a practice some readers find helps the words settle more deeply, especially during a difficult week.
If you lead a small group or Bible study, Bible Verses For Repentance can serve as a starting point for discussion, since each verse invites a natural follow-up question about how it applies practically.
Praying through Bible Verses For Repentance slowly, pausing after each verse, is a different practice than simply reading them, and many readers find it changes how the words are received.
Many readers find it helpful to read through Bible Verses For Repentance slowly, one verse at a time, rather than all at once, allowing each to settle before moving to the next.
For related reading, you may also find Bible Verses For Relationships and Love and Bible Verses For Healing and Faith helpful.
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If you are exploring related themes, Bible Verses For Identity in Christ and Bible Verses For Protection from Evil are worth a look.
It can help to resist the urge to read through all twenty verses in Bible Verses For Repentance in one sitting. Scripture written centuries apart, in different circumstances, by different authors, tends to reward slower reading. Try picking just two or three verses at a time, reading each one twice, and sitting with it for a moment before moving on. You may notice a detail on the second reading that you missed on the first.
Every verse gathered in Bible Verses For Repentance was originally written as part of a larger passage, letter, or narrative. Reading a single verse on its own is genuinely useful, but if one particular verse stands out to you, it is worth taking a few extra minutes to read the surrounding chapter. Context rarely changes what a verse means, but it often deepens it.
Some readers use Bible Verses For Repentance purely as a reference, scanning for a specific verse. Others treat it as a starting point for prayer, reading one verse and then praying it back to God in their own words. Neither approach is more correct than the other; what matters is that the verse actually gets read, not just located.
Bookmark this page if Bible Verses For Repentance speaks to something you are currently facing. Verses that do not mean much to you today may become exactly what you need on a harder day next month. Scripture tends to work this way — the same words landing differently depending on where you are when you read them.
Consider reading through Bible Verses For Repentance with a friend, spouse, or small group rather than only alone. Discussing which verse stood out to each person, and why, often surfaces angles you would not have noticed reading by yourself. Scripture read in community has a long history for exactly this reason.
Every verse in Bible Verses For Repentance is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses For Repentance were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
There is no required order for working through Bible Verses For Repentance. Some readers start at the top and read straight through; others scroll until one verse catches their attention and start there instead. Both approaches work equally well, since each verse stands on its own even outside the sequence it is presented in.
Not every verse in Bible Verses For Repentance will land the same way on a first read. Scripture written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture, occasionally uses language or imagery that takes a moment to connect with a modern situation. If a particular verse feels unclear, reading it again after a day or two, or alongside a study Bible’s footnotes, often helps.
If you read Bible Verses For Repentance in a physical Bible rather than only on this page, consider marking the verses that stand out with a pencil, highlighter, or a note in a Bible app. Building a personal record of which verses have mattered to you, and when, turns a one-time reading into something you can return to years later.
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Scripture collections like Bible Verses For Repentance work best as a returning place, not a one-time stop. The verses here will still be accurate and still be relevant the next time you need them, whether that is tomorrow or a year from now, which is precisely the point of gathering them together in one place rather than leaving you to search for each one individually.
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A handful of verses in Bible Verses For Repentance tend to stand out more than the rest on repeated reading, though which ones stand out often differs from person to person. There is no wrong choice here — the verse that matters most is usually the one that speaks directly to whatever you are carrying at the time you read it.
Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
If this is the first time you have looked specifically for Bible Verses For Repentance, welcome. You do not need any particular background or prior Bible knowledge to read what is here — each verse is presented with its reference so you can look up more context whenever you want it.
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Return to this verse as part of an ongoing, genuine turning, not a single moment of feeling sorry.