Bible Verses About Repenting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for repenting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 968 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Repenting
1 John 1:9150 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Acts 2:3888 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Hebrews 10:2688 votes
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Acts 22:1662 votes
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Luke 13:355 votes
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Romans 6:2346 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 2:844 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Mark 16:1643 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Romans 10:1341 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2 Chronicles 7:1435 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Peter 3:935 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 John 3:432 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Psalms 103:1-524 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Acts 3:1921 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
2 John 1:921 votes
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Jeremiah 31:3420 votes
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
1 John 1:720 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 Corinthians 15:3417 votes
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
John 5:1416 votes
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
1 Peter 3:2116 votes
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
2 Corinthians 7:1015 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Mark 1:1513 votes
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Romans 6:413 votes
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Psalms 51:2-411 votes
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Romans 6:311 votes
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
What does the Bible say about repenting?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of repenting. Across 968 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 2:38, Hebrews 10:26, Acts 22:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.