What Does the Bible Say About Change Your Mind?

Acts 20:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Exodus 32:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Peter 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 11:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Acts 2:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ...

John 16:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Matthew 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Genesis 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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

Matthew 27:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

33 Bible Verses about Change Your Mind

Acts 20:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 32:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 11:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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John 16:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Genesis 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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33 Bible Verses about Change Your Mind

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Acts 20:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 32:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 11:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:1-47 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 23:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Genesis 6:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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