scriptures on salvation and repentance

Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent. "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat." Therefore, I held a great assembly against them. Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was contrary to me. 'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."'. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation (2 Cor. "Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? Now Eglon was a very fat man. No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a, "For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit. "Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; read more. Pain, grief, sorrow, affliction. whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell., For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. "You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD " And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. But he himself turned back from the idols which were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." Is it not your ways that are not right? Be wretched and mourn and weep. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul; and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. And he said, "No." Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Publication date: Apr 16, 2023. "I descended to the roots of the mountains The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. Then the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals." Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey. declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. Then they were silent and could not find a word to say. Proverbs 28:13 ESV 1 John 1:8-9 ESV Acts 3:18-19 ESV 2 Peter 3:9 ESV Matthew 9:13 ESV Revelation 3:19 NIV Luke 17:3 ESV Luke 15:10 ESV Luke 15:7 ESV Romans 2:4 NIV Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV Acts 2:38 ESV Matthew 4:17 ESV Mark 1:15 ESV Ezekiel 18: 21-23 ESV Luke 24:45-67 NIV 1. In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.. "You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. Again I said, "The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? "I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, "You are exacting usury, each from his brother!" When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick. Then the people did according to this promise. So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.". He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. "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. Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." I have carried out the command of the LORD." They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites. Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years., Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent. So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved." but only, they kept hearing, He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.. So Achan answered Joshua and said, Truly, I have sinned against the, The sons of Israel who returned from exile and. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead. (Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought. They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought. Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross. ", With weeping they will come,And by supplication I will lead them;I will make them walk by streams of waters,On a straight path in which they will not stumble;For I am a father to Israel,And Ephraim is My firstborn.. read more. hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.. G At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter. I said to them, "We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?" Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. U And the LORD will not be with you." "Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress. For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food." "So he got up and came to his father. 'So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.' Keep it, and repent. "But when I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness, if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. . solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Scriptures call us to repentance, reminding us of the glorious grace and mercy of God that awaits us if we but repent and believe in Jesus Christ. And all who attended him left him. "Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you. And He said to him, "You have judged correctly." They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. And cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. He issued a proclamation and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. A person who has truly repented of sin and exercised faith in Christ will give evidence of a changed life ( 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:19-23; James 2:14-26 ). As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me. and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. "And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'. He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life; and to bear him like affection as he does to them. When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them; Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Now Eglon was a very fat man. Therefore, repent and live.. "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.". He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. "Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD." "Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched."' "Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress." We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. read more. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct," declares the Lord GOD. And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds. ", "Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. The latter seems preferable. To the choirmaster. So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance. And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh; Because I bore the reproach of my youth., And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, I repent, forgive him.. Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. "And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.". Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house. And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah. I Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." 2 Samuel 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. "You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' 2:8,9), but he also spoke about his physical salvation from prison (Phil. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. And the land was undisturbed for eighty years. What is repentance and is it necessary for salvation? 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! "While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple. So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. "Therefore, repent and live. 2 Chronicles 30:9b grace conversion forgiveness W And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people. He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place. "Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes. Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." All rights reserved worldwide. Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." Do not let them eat or drink water. Then they were silent and could not find a word to say. So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 1:19 cf. Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord. read more. I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him." Acts 3:18-19 But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. "Is it not the wheat harvest today? Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. But you have not obeyed Me; what is this you have done? So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross. Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. 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? If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it. And all who attended him left him. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. And rend your heart and not your garments.Now return to the Lord your God,For He is gracious and compassionate,Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindnessAnd relenting of evil. For less than $5/mo. For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, Pay attention to yourselves! Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. They gathered to Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the LORD." And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD " And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. "Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place."'" While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God. So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. "For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little." But someone will say, You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 1) True repentance involves a sense of awareness of one's own guilt, sinfulness, and helplessness ( Psalm 51:4-10; 109:21-22 ). Nathan then said to David, "You are the man! read more. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the LORD your God? read more. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah. So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. "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. "Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign. 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. Apparently a primary word; sadness. And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said. and He said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day. and He said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 2 Corinthians 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. He issued a proclamation and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? "Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the way." 14:13). "Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the LORD is against you."

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