Repentance: Definition Of

(A complete reversal of one's attitude and values; i.e., a turning toward God)

Repentance: Attributed to God

Gen 6:6, 7; Exd 32:14; Deu 32:36; Jdg 2:18; 1Sa 15:11, 29, 35; 2Sa 24:16; 1Ch 21:15; Psa 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joe 2:13; Amo 7:3, 6; Jon 3:9, 10

Repentance: The Burden of the Preaching

Of John the Baptist,

Mat 3;

of Jesus,

Mat 4:17; Mar 1:15.

Repentance: Exhortation To

Pro 1:23-33; Jer 7:3, 5; 26:3; Hsa 14:1-3; Amo 5:4-6; Mat 3:2

Repentance: Condition of God's Favor

Lev 26:40-42; 2Ch 7:14

Repentance: Unavailing

To Israel,

Num 14:39-45;

to Esau,

Hbr 12:16, 17.

Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To:

Lev 26:40-42; Deu 4:29-31; 10:16; 30:1-3, 8-10; 32:29; 1Ki 8:33-50; 2Ch 6:36-39; 7:14; 30:6-9; Neh 1:9; Job 11:13-15; 22:23; 33:26-28; 34:31, 32; 36:10; Psa 22:27; 34:14, 18; 51:17; 95:7, 8; 147:3; Pro 1:22, 23; 9:6; 28:13; Isa 10:21; 22:12; 31:6; 44:22; 46:8; 55:6, 7; 57:15; 59:20; 61:1, 2; Jer 3:4, 12-14, 19; 4:1-4, 14; 6:8, 16; 7:5, 7; 13:15, 16; 18:8, 11; 24:7; 25:5; 26:3, 13; 31:9; 36:3, 7; 50:4, 5; Eze 7:16; 11:18-20; 12:3; 14:6; 16:61-63; 18:21-23, 27, 28, 30-32; 20:43; 33:10-12, 14-16, 19; 36:31; 37:23; Dan 4:27; Hsa 2:7; 3:5; 5:15; 10:12; 12:6; 14:1, 2; Joe 1:14; 2:12, 13, 15-18; Amo 4:12; 5:6, 15; Jon 3:8, 9; Hag 1:7; Zec 1:3; 12:10; Mal 3:7; Mat 3:2, 7, 8; 4:17; 5:4; 9:13; Mar 1:4, 15; 2:17; 6:12; Luk 3:3; 5:32; 6:21; 10:13; 13:1-5; 15:1-10; 18:10-14; 24:47; Act 2:38, 40; 3:19; 5:31; 8:22; 17:30; 20:21; 26:20; Rom 2:4; 11:23; 14:11; Eph 5:14; 2Ti 2:25; Hbr 6:1; Jam 4:8-10; 1Jo 1:9; Rev 2:5; 3:2, 3, 19

See CONVICTION; PENITENCE; REMORSE; SIN, CONFESSION OF; SIN, FORGIVENESS OF

Repentance: Instances Of:

Joseph's brothers, of their maltreatment of Joseph,

Gen 42:21; 50:17, 18.

Pharaoh, of his hardness of heart,

Exd 9:27; 10:16, 17.

Balaam, of his spiritual blindness,

Num 22:34; with Num 22:24-35.

Israelites, of worshiping the golden calf,

Exd 33:3, 4;

of their complaining because of lack of bread and water, when the plague of fiery serpents came upon them,

Num 21:4-7;

when rebuked by an angel for not expelling the Canaanites,

Jdg 2:1-5;

of their idolatry, when afflicted by the Philistines,

Jdg 10:6-16; 1Sa 7:3-6;

in asking for a king,

1Sa 12:16-20;

in the time of Asa, by the preaching of Azariah,

2Ch 15:1-15;

by the preaching of Oded,

2Ch 28:9-15;

under the influence of Hezekiah,

2Ch 30:11.

Achan, because of his theft,

Jos 7:20.

Saul, at the rebuke of Samuel for not destroying the Amalekites,

1Sa 15:24; with 1Sa 15:6-31.

David, at the rebuke of Nathan, the prophet, for his sins of adultery and murder,

2Sa 12:11, 13; with 2Sa 12:7-14.

See PSALMS, PENITENTIAL

Rehoboam, when his kingdom was invaded, and Jerusalem was besieged,

2Ch 12:1-12.

Hezekiah, at the time of his sickness,

2Ch 32:26;

when reproved by the prophet Micah,

Jer 26:18, 19.

Ahab, when reproved by Elijah for Ahab's idolatry,

1Ki 21:27; with 1Ki 21:17-29.

Jehoahaz,

2Ki 13:4.

Josiah, when he heard the law of God which had been discovered in the temple by Hilkiah,

2Ki 22:11-20.

Manasseh, when he was carried away captive to Babylon by the king of Assyria,

2Ch 33:12, 13.

The Jews of the exile, at the dedication of the second temple,

Ezr 6:21;

of their idolatrous marriages,

Ezr 10;

of their oppressive usury,

Neh 5:1-13;

after hearing the law expounded by Ezra,

Neh 8:1-12; 9:1-3;

under the preaching of Haggai,

Hag 1.

Jonah, after his punishment,

Jon 2:2-9.

The Ninevites, under the preaching of Jonah,

Jon 3:5-9.

The Jews, under the preaching of John the Baptist,

Mat 3:6.

The woman who anointed Jesus with oil,

Luk 7:37-48.

The disobedient son,

Mat 21:29.

The Prodigal Son,

Luk 15:17-21.

Peter, because of his denial of Jesus,

Mat 26:75; Mar 14:72; Luk 22:62.

Judas,

Mat 27:3-5; Act 1:16, 18.

The Ephesians, under the preaching of Paul,

Act 19:18.

Repentance: Exemplified:

Num 21:7; 2Sa 24:10, 17; 1Ch 21:17; 2Ch 29:6; Ezr 9:4, 6, 10, 13, 14; Neh 1:6, 7; 9:16-37; Job 7:20; 9:20; 13:23; 40:4; 42:5; Psa 32:5; 38:3, 4, 18; 40:12; 41:4; 51:1-4, 7-17; 69:5, 10; 73:21, 22; 106:6; 119:59, 176; 130:1-3; Isa 6:5; 38:15, 17; 59:12-15; 64:5-7; Jer 3:21, 22, 25; 8:14; 14:7, 20; 31:18, 19; Lam 3:40, 41; Dan 9:5-7; 10:12; Hsa 6:1; 14:3, 8; Jon 3:10; Mic 7:9; Luk 15:17-20; 1Cr 15:9; 2Cr 7:9-11; 1Pe 2:25

See SIN, CONFESSION OF