What Does the Bible Say About Repentant?

1 John 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 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.

Luke 15:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Psalm 51:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 8:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Acts 26:20 ESV / 3 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.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

Revelation 22:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 3:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.

1 John 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 3:22 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

James 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 6:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

34 Bible Verses about Repentant

1 John 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 51:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 3:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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1 John 1:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Repentant

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1 John 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 51:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 26:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 22:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 22:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 20:11-15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 4:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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2 Peter 1:21 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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James 2:14 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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