67 Bible Verses About Repentance and Forgiveness
Bible verses about Repentance and Forgiveness
Delve into the heart of God's boundless grace through these scriptures on repentance and forgiveness. Understanding these verses is paramount to experiencing the transformative power of divine love. Repentance, a turning away from darkness and towards the light, opens the door for forgiveness, a cleansing balm for the soul. Embrace the opportunity to explore these passages, allowing them to illuminate the path to spiritual renewal and a deeper connection with the Almighty. Discover the liberating truth that through sincere repentance, we are offered complete and unconditional forgiveness, paving the way for a life filled with peace, purpose, and unwavering hope.
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Leviticus 19:22 (KJV)
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
Turn from Sin, Find God's Grace: Bible Verses
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
Go ye, enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.
He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
In conclusion, the Bible's teachings on repentance and forgiveness offer a powerful pathway to spiritual renewal and reconciliation. The verses explored highlight the importance of acknowledging our wrongdoings, turning away from sin with a sincere heart, and seeking God's boundless mercy. Forgiveness, both divine and interpersonal, is presented as the key to unlocking freedom from guilt, bitterness, and broken relationships. As we reflect upon these passages, let us be encouraged to cultivate a spirit of humility, readily confessing our sins and embracing the transformative power of forgiveness. May we extend grace to others as God has so generously extended it to us, fostering healing and building stronger connections rooted in love and compassion. Ultimately, genuine repentance and forgiveness pave the way for a deeper relationship with God and a more fulfilling life, marked by peace and purpose.