REPENTANCE
(A complete reversal of one' s attitude and values, i. e. a turning toward God)
Attributed to God GEN 6:6,7; EXO 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; JOL 2:13; AMO 7:3,6; JON 3:9,10
The burden of the preaching
Of John the Baptist MAT 3
Of Jesus MAT 4:17; MRK 1:15
Exhortation to PRO 1:23-33; JER 7:3,5; 26:3; HOS 14:1-3; AMO 5:4-6; MAT 3:2
Condition of God' s favor LEV 26:40-42; 2CH 7:14
Unavailing
To Israel NUM 14:39-45
To Esau HEB 12:16,17
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; EZK 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; HOS 2:7; 3:5; 5:15; 10:12; 12:6; 14:1,2; JOL 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; MRK 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; HEB 6:1; JAS 4:8-10; 1JN 1:9; REV 2:5; 3:2,3,19
See CONVICTION
See PENITENCE
See REMORSE
See SIN, CONFESSION OF
See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF
INSTANCES OF
Joseph' s brothers, of their maltreatment of Joseph GEN 42:21; 50:17,18
Pharaoh, of his hardness of heart EXO 9:27; 10:16,17
Balaam, of his spiritual blindness NUM 22:34; with 22:24-35
Israelites
Of worshiping the golden calf EXO 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 15:6-31
David, at the rebuke of Nathan, the prophet, for his sins of adultery and murder 2SA 12:11,13; with 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 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
Because of their idolatrous marriages EZR 10
Because of their oppressive usury NEH 5:1-13
After hearing the law expounded by Ezra NEH 8:1-12; 9:1-3
By the preaching of Haggai HAG 1
Jonah, after his punishment JON 2:2-9
The Ninevites, by the preaching of Jonah JON 3:5-9
The Jews, by 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; MRK 14:72; LUK 22:62
Judas MAT 27:3-5; ACT 1:16,18
The Ephesians, by the preaching of Paul ACT 19:18
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; HOS 6:1; 14:3,8; JON 3:10; MIC 7:9; LUK 15:17-20; 1CO 15:9; 2CO 7:9-11; 1PE 2:25
See SIN, CONFESSION OF
