The best Bible verses for repentance (NASB) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for repentance (NASB), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance."2 Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance."2 Peter 3:9
"with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,"2 Timothy 2:25
"Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,"Hebrews 6:1
"and [then] have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame."Hebrews 6:6
"For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, 'In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.' But you were not willing,"Isaiah 30:15
"And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;"Luke 3:3
"'Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham."Luke 3:8
"and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem."Luke 24:47
"John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."Mark 1:4
"'As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."Matthew 3:11
"Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?"Romans 2:4
"'He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."Acts 5:31
"When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, 'Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance [that leads] to life.'"Acts 11:18
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for repentance (NASB) are 2 Peter 3:9, 2 Timothy 2:25, Hebrews 6:1. 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 (NASB) 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 (NASB), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.