Penitent Bible Verses

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LEVITICUS 26:40-42Verses in the Bible

  • 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
    Leviticus 26:40 Meaning
  • 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
    Leviticus 26:41 Meaning
  • 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
    Leviticus 26:42 Meaning

NUMBERS 5:6,7Verses in the Bible

  • 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;
    Numbers 5:6 Meaning
  • 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
    Numbers 5:7 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 4:29-31Verses in the Bible

  • 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
    Deuteronomy 4:29 Meaning
  • 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
    Deuteronomy 4:30 Meaning
  • 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
    Deuteronomy 4:31 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 5:29In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

DEUTERONOMY 30:1-10Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
    Deuteronomy 30:1 Meaning
  • 2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
    Deuteronomy 30:2 Meaning
  • 3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
    Deuteronomy 30:3 Meaning
  • 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
    Deuteronomy 30:4 Meaning
  • 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
    Deuteronomy 30:5 Meaning
  • 6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
    Deuteronomy 30:6 Meaning
  • 7 And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
    Deuteronomy 30:7 Meaning
  • 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
    Deuteronomy 30:8 Meaning
  • 9 And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
    Deuteronomy 30:9 Meaning
  • 10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
    Deuteronomy 30:10 Meaning

2 KINGS 22:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

1 CHRONICLES 28:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

JOB 22:23-29Verses in the Bible

  • 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
    Job 22:23 Meaning
  • 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
    Job 22:24 Meaning
  • 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
    Job 22:25 Meaning
  • 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
    Job 22:26 Meaning
  • 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
    Job 22:27 Meaning
  • 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
    Job 22:28 Meaning
  • 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
    Job 22:29 Meaning

JOB 23:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

JOB 33:26-28Verses in the Bible

  • 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
    Job 33:26 Meaning
  • 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
    Job 33:27 Meaning
  • 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
    Job 33:28 Meaning

PSALM 6:8,9Verses in the Bible

  • 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
    Psalm 6:8 Meaning
  • 9 The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
    Psalm 6:9 Meaning

PSALM 9:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

PSALM 22:26In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

PSALM 24:3-6Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
    Psalm 24:3 Meaning
  • 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
    Psalm 24:4 Meaning
  • 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
    Psalm 24:5 Meaning
  • 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
    Psalm 24:6 Meaning

PSALM 32:5,6Verses in the Bible

  • 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
    Psalm 32:5 Meaning
  • 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
    Psalm 32:6 Meaning

PSALM 34:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

PSALM 51:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

PSALM 70:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

PSALM 90:14,15Verses in the Bible

  • 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
    Psalm 90:14 Meaning
  • 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
    Psalm 90:15 Meaning

PSALM 145:18,19Verses in the Bible

  • 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
    Psalm 145:18 Meaning
  • 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
    Psalm 145:19 Meaning

PSALM 147:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

ISAIAH 27:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

EZEKIEL 18:21-23Verses in the Bible

  • 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
    Ezekiel 18:21 Meaning
  • 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
    Ezekiel 18:22 Meaning
  • 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
    Ezekiel 18:23 Meaning

EZEKIEL 33:10-16Verses in the Bible

  • 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
    Ezekiel 33:10 Meaning
  • 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
    Ezekiel 33:11 Meaning
  • 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
    Ezekiel 33:12 Meaning
  • 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
    Ezekiel 33:13 Meaning
  • 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
    Ezekiel 33:14 Meaning
  • 15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
    Ezekiel 33:15 Meaning
  • 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
    Ezekiel 33:16 Meaning

MATTHEW 5:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

MATTHEW 6:14,15Verses in the Bible

  • 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
    Matthew 6:14 Meaning
  • 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
    Matthew 6:15 Meaning

MATTHEW 7:7-11Verses in the Bible

  • 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
    Matthew 7:7 Meaning
  • 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
    Matthew 7:8 Meaning
  • 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
    Matthew 7:9 Meaning
  • 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
    Matthew 7:10 Meaning
  • 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
    Matthew 7:11 Meaning

MATTHEW 11:28-30Verses in the Bible

  • 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
    Matthew 11:28 Meaning
  • 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
    Matthew 11:29 Meaning
  • 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
    Matthew 11:30 Meaning

MATTHEW 12:20,31Verses in the Bible

  • 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
    Matthew 12:20 Meaning
  • 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
    Matthew 12:31 Meaning

MATTHEW 18:11-14Verses in the Bible

  • 11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
    Matthew 18:11 Meaning
  • 12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
    Matthew 18:12 Meaning
  • 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
    Matthew 18:13 Meaning
  • 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
    Matthew 18:14 Meaning

LUKE 4:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

LUKE 6:37In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

LUKE 11:9-13Verses in the Bible

  • 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
    Luke 11:9 Meaning
  • 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
    Luke 11:10 Meaning
  • 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
    Luke 11:11 Meaning
  • 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
    Luke 11:12 Meaning
  • 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
    Luke 11:13 Meaning

LUKE 12:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

LUKE 15:4-32Verses in the Bible

  • 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
    Luke 15:4 Meaning
  • 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
    Luke 15:5 Meaning
  • 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
    Luke 15:6 Meaning
  • 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
    Luke 15:7 Meaning
  • 8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
    Luke 15:8 Meaning
  • 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
    Luke 15:9 Meaning
  • 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
    Luke 15:10 Meaning
  • 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
    Luke 15:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
    Luke 15:12 Meaning
  • 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
    Luke 15:13 Meaning
  • 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
    Luke 15:14 Meaning
  • 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
    Luke 15:15 Meaning
  • 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
    Luke 15:16 Meaning
  • 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
    Luke 15:17 Meaning
  • 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
    Luke 15:18 Meaning
  • 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
    Luke 15:19 Meaning
  • 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
    Luke 15:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
    Luke 15:21 Meaning
  • 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
    Luke 15:22 Meaning
  • 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
    Luke 15:23 Meaning
  • 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
    Luke 15:24 Meaning
  • 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
    Luke 15:25 Meaning
  • 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
    Luke 15:26 Meaning
  • 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
    Luke 15:27 Meaning
  • 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
    Luke 15:28 Meaning
  • 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
    Luke 15:29 Meaning
  • 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
    Luke 15:30 Meaning
  • 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
    Luke 15:31 Meaning
  • 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
    Luke 15:32 Meaning

LUKE 18:10-14Verses in the Bible

  • 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
    Luke 18:10 Meaning
  • 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
    Luke 18:11 Meaning
  • 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
    Luke 18:12 Meaning
  • 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
    Luke 18:13 Meaning
  • 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
    Luke 18:14 Meaning

LUKE 19:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

JOHN 6:37In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

JOHN 10:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

ACTS 13:38,39Verses in the Bible

  • 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
    Acts 13:38 Meaning
  • 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
    Acts 13:39 Meaning

ROMANS 10:9-13Verses in the Bible

  • 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
    Romans 10:9 Meaning
  • 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
    Romans 10:10 Meaning
  • 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
    Romans 10:11 Meaning
  • 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
    Romans 10:12 Meaning
  • 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
    Romans 10:13 Meaning

1 JOHN 1:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• See Forgiveness

• See Repentance

• See Sin,Confession of

• See also Obduracy

• See Reprobacy

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