The best Bible verses for repentance include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for repentance, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord."Isaiah 59:20
"“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord."Isaiah 59:20
"O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent."Jeremiah 5:3
"I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle."Jeremiah 8:6
"and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned."Jeremiah 18:8
"After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’"Jeremiah 31:19
"Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to his countrymen. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name."Jeremiah 34:15
"“Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes."Luke 10:13
"The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here."Luke 11:32
"I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."Luke 15:7
"In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”"Luke 15:10
"“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’"Luke 16:30
"If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”"Luke 17:4
Scripture returns to repentance often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for repentance are Isaiah 59:20, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 8:6. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to repentance across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for repentance, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.