1705 verses about Repentance

But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things, And you overlookest the sins of men to the end they may repent.

Wherefore you convictest by little and little those who fall from the right way, And, putting them in remembrance by the very things wherein they sin, do you admonish them, That escaping from their wickedness they may believe on you, O Lord.

But judging them by little and little you gave them a place of repentance, Not being ignorant that their nature by birth was evil, and their wickedness inborn, And that their manner of thought would in no wise ever be changed,

But you did teach your people by such works as these, How that the righteous must be a lover of men; And you did make your sons to be of good hope, Because you give repentance when men have sinned.

For if on those who were enemies of your servants and due to death You did take vengeance with so great heedfulness and indulgence, Giving them times and place whereby they might escape from their wickedness;

For through the sufferings whereat they were indignant, Being punished in these creatures which they supposed to be gods, They saw, and recognized as the true God him whom before they refused to know: Wherefore also the last end of condemnation came upon them.

But for admonition were they troubled for a short space, Having a token of salvation, To put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law:

For they were bitten, to put them in remembrance of your oracles; And were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness, They should become unable to be roused by your beneficence:

For while they were disbelieving all things by reason of the enchantments, Upon the destruction of the firstborn they confessed the people to be God’s son.

How that, having changed their minds to let your people go, And having speeded them eagerly on their way, They would repent themselves and pursue them.

They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, And will humble their souls in his sight,

He that honors his father will make atonement for sins:

In the day of your affliction it will remember you; As fair weather upon ice, So will your sins also melt away.

A stubborn heart will be laden with troubles; And the sinner will heap sin upon sin.

Water will quench a flaming fire; And almsgiving will make atonement for sins.

Be not ashamed to make confession of your sins; And force not the current of the river.

Say not, I sinned, and what happened to me? For the Lord is longsuffering.

Concerning atonement, be not without fear, To add sin upon sins:

And say not, His compassion is great; He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: For mercy and wrath are with him, And his indignation will rest upon sinners.

Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord; And put not off from day to day: For suddenly will the wrath of the Lord come forth; And you will perish in the time of vengeance.

Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.

Number not yourself among the multitude of sinners: Remember that wrath will not wait.

Reproach not a man when he turns from sin: Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

Give not your soul to harlots, That you lose not your inheritance.

Blessed is the man that has not slipped with his mouth, And is not pricked with sorrow for sins.

Howbeit to those who repent he granteth a return; And he comforteth those who are losing patience.

Return to the Lord, and forsake sins: Make your prayer before his face, and lessen the offence.

Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity; And greatly hate the abominable thing.

How great is the mercy of the Lord, And his forgiveness to those who turn to him!

The mercy of a man is upon his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh; Reproving, and chastening, and teaching, And bringing again, as a shepherd does his flock.

He has mercy on those who accept chastening, And that diligently seek after his judgements.

Before judgement examine yourself; And in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.

Humble yourself before you be sick; And in the time of sins show repentance.

Reprove a friend; it may be he did it not: And if he did something, that he may do it no more.

How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry; And he that makes confession will be kept back from hurt.

My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto; And make supplication for your former sins.

One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner; And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.

If you have drawn a sword against a friend, despair not; For there may be a returning.

Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over my heart? That they spare me not for my ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins:

That my ignorances be not multiplied, And my sins abound not; And I will fall before my adversaries, And my enemy rejoice over me.

For as a servant that is continually scourged will not lack a bruise, So he also that swears and names God continually will not be cleansed from sin.

A man that is accustomed to words of reproach Will not be corrected all the days of his life.

A man that goes astray from his own bed, Saying in his heart, Who sees me? Darkness is round about me, and the walls hide me, And no man sees me; of whom am I afraid? The Most High will not remember my sins;

He that takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord; And he will surely make firm his sins.

Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done you; And then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

Man cherisheth anger against man; And does he seek healing from the Lord?

Upon a man like himself he has no mercy; And does he make supplication for his own sins?

He being himself flesh nourishes wrath: Who will make atonement for his sins?

Remember your last end, and cease from enmity: Remember corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.

Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins: For a passionate man will kindle strife;

A sinful man shunneth reproof, And will find a judgement according to his will.

Do nothing without counsel; And when you have once done, repent not.

Even so a man fasting for his sins, And going again, and doing the same; Who will listen to his prayer? And what profit has he in his humiliation?

To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; And to depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.

As a token of the changing of the heart,

Put away wrong doing, and order your hands aright, And cleanse your heart from all manner of sin.

He will apply his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, And will make supplication before the Most High, And will open his mouth in prayer, And will make supplication for his sins.

Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, Being an example of repentance to all generations.

For all this the people repented not, And they departed not from their sins, Till they were carried away as a plunder from their land, And were scattered through all the earth; And the people was left very few in number, And a ruler was left in the house of David.

Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, All committed trespass: For they forsook the law of the Most High; The kings of Judah failed.

And they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord;

and they sent it to Jerusalem to Joakim the high priest, the son of Helkias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,

at the same time when he took the vessels of the house of the Lord, that had been carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Judah, the tenth day of the month Sivan, namely, silver vessels, which Sedekias the son of Josias king of Judah had made,

Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and to this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us.

And you⌃ shall say, To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

and to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers:

for that we have sinned before the Lord,

and disobeyed him, and have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us:

since the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to this present day, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have dealt unadvisedly in not hearkening to his voice.

Nevertheless we didn’t listen to the voice of the Lord our God, according to all the words of the prophets, whom he sent to us:

but we walked every man in the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

Thus were they cast down, and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not hearkening to his voice.

To the Lord our God belongs righteousness: but to us and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.

Yet have we not entreated the favor of the Lord, in turning every one from the thoughts of his wicked heart.

Yet we have not hearkened to his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us.

O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all your ordinances.

Let your wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where you have scattered us.

Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake, and give us favor in the sight of them which have led us away captive:

For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

For I know that they will not hear me, because it is a stiff-necked people: but in the land of their captivity they shall take it to heart,

and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,

and shall return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God: yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.

O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of them which were sinners before you, that didn’t listen to the voice of you their God: for the which cause these plagues clave to us.

Remember not the iniquities of our fathers: but remember your power and your name now at this time.

For for this cause you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name: and we will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers, that sinned before you.

Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.

You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.

Turn you, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk towards her shining in the presence of the light thereof.

You⌃ forgat the everlasting God, that brought you up; you⌃ grieved also Jerusalem, that nursed you.

and had no regard to his statutes, neither walked they in the ways of God’s commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.

For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, return and seek him ten times more.

But say you⌃ in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship you.

For we have sinned and committed iniquity, in departing from you.

In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed your commandments, nor kept them, neither done as you have commanded us, that it might go well with us.

And now we can’t open our mouth; shame and reproach have befallen your servants, and those who worship you.

For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.

Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted;

So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, O you that have become old in wickedness, now are your sins come home to you which you have committed aforetime,

And they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and put ashes upon their heads, and tore their clothes,