Repentance

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A complete reversal of one' s attitude and values, i. e. a turning toward God)
• Attributed to GodGenesis 6:6Genesis 6:7Exodus 32:14Deuteronomy 32:36Judges 2:181 Samuel 15:111 Samuel 15:291 Samuel 15:352 Samuel 24:161 Chronicles 21:15Psalms 106:45Psalms 110:4Psalms 135:14Jeremiah 15:6Jeremiah 18:8Jeremiah 18:10Jeremiah 26:3Jeremiah 42:10Joel 2:13Amos 7:3
• The burden of the preaching
• Of John the BaptistMatthew 3
• Of JesusMatthew 4:17Mark 1:15
• Exhortation toProverbs 1:23–33Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 7:5Jeremiah 26:3Hosea 14:1–3Amos 5:4–6Matthew 3:2
• Condition of God' s favorLeviticus 26:40–422 Chronicles 7:14
• Unavailing
• To IsraelNumbers 14:39–45
• To EsauHebrews 12:16Hebrews 12:17
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOLeviticus 26:40–42Deuteronomy 4:29–31Deuteronomy 10:16Deuteronomy 30:1–3Deuteronomy 30:8–10Deuteronomy 32:291 Kings 8:33–502 Chronicles 6:36–392 Chronicles 7:142 Chronicles 30:6–9Nehemiah 1:9Job 11:13–15Job 22:23Job 33:26–28Job 34:31Job 34:32Job 36:10Psalms 22:27Psalms 34:14Psalms 34:18
• See Conviction

The passages, in Bible order (267)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 6:6

   And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:62 voices

   “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth,.... Because of the wickedness of man, the wickedness of his heart, and the wickedness of his life and conversation, which was so general, and increased to such a degree, that it was intolerable; wherefore God could have wished, as it were, that he had never made him, since he proved so bad; not that repentance, properly speaking, can fall upon God, for he never changes his mind or alters his purposes, though he sometimes changes the course and dispensations of his providence.

   “And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.

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2. Genesis 6:7

   So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:72 voices

   “And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.

   “'I will wipe from the face of the Earth,' He said, 'man, beasts, crawling creatures, and birds of the sky' (Gen. VI, 7). What harm had the irrational creatures done? But because these things had been done for the sake of humanity, once humanity was destroyed, the logical consequence was that these things should also be destroyed, since there was no one to make use of them. However, on a deeper level, this is revealed as the mind of man, which is capable of reason; for man is defined as a living, mortal, rational animal.

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3. Genesis 42:21

   Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

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   “We are very guilty concerning our brother - We do not read that they said this during their three days imprisonment; but now when the matter was come to some issue, and they saw themselves still embarrassed, they began to relent.

   “We are verily guilty - How finely are the office and influence of conscience exemplified in these words! It was about twenty-two years since they had sold their brother, and probably their conscience had been lulled asleep to the present hour. God combines and brings about those favorable circumstances which produce attention and reflection, and give weight to the expostulations of conscience.

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4. Genesis 50:17

   ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

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   “The servants of the God of thy father - These words were wonderfully well chosen, and spoken in the most forcible manner to Joseph’s piety and filial affection. No wonder then that he wept when they spake to him.

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5. Genesis 50:18

   His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

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   “And his brethren also went,.... The messengers being returned to them, and acquainting them with what Joseph had said, they took courage and went from Goshen to Joseph's house or palace, be it where it may: and fell down before his face; in an humble suppliant manner: and they said, behold, we be thy servants; they were content to be so, would he but forgive their sin, and not resent their ill behaviour to him; thus they further fulfilled his dream of the eleven stars making obeisance to him, Gen 37:9.

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6. Exodus 9:27

   Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 9:272 voices

   “See whether it is for this reason that God hardens the heart of Pharaoh, so that at a moment when he was not hardened he could say, "The Lord is just: I and my people are wicked." His heart has to be hardened further, and he has to suffer more, that he may not, because he has been freed of his hardheartedness too quickly, think too lightly of that hardheartedness and so may have to have his heart hardened over and over again.

   “The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked - The original is very emphatic: The Lord is The Righteous One, (הצדיק hatstaddik), and I and my people are The Sinners, (הרשעים hareshaim); i.e., He is alone righteous, and we alone are transgressors. Who could have imagined that after such an acknowledgment and confession, Pharaoh should have again hardened his heart?

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7. Exodus 10:16

   Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

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8. Exodus 10:17

   Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

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   “Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death only might be taken away, not this sin: he deprecates the plague of locusts, not the plague of a hard heart.

   “This death only - Pliny calls locusts a pestilence brought on by divine wrath. Pharaoh now recognizes the justice of his servants’ apprehensions, Exo 10:7.

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9. Exodus 32:14

   So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 32:141 voice

   “I SUPPOSE that I need not say that this verse speaks after the manner of men. I do not know after what other manner we can speak. To speak of God after the manner of God is reserved for God, Himself, and mortal men could not comprehend such speech. In this sense, the Lord often speaks, not according to literal fact, but according to the appearance of things to us, in order that we may understand so far as the human can comprehend the Divine. The Lord's purposes never really change.

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10. Exodus 33:3

    Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

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    “I will not go up in the midst of thee - Consequently, the angel here promised to be their guide was not that angel in whom Jehovah’s name was: and so the people understood it; hence the mourning which is afterwards mentioned.

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11. Exodus 33:4

    When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

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    “Note, Of all the bitter fruits and consequences of sin, that which true penitents most lament, and dread most, is God's departure from them. God had promised that, notwithstanding their sin, he would give them the land flowing with milk and honey. but they could have small joy of that if they had not God's presence with them.

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12. Leviticus 26:40–42

    But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

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    “If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).

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13. Numbers 14:39–45

    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

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14. Numbers 21:4–7

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

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    “The direct route to Moab through the valleys of Edom being closed against them Num 20:20-21, they were compelled to turn southward. Their course lay down the Arabah; until, a few hours north of Akaba (Ezion-Geber) the Wady Ithm opened to them a gap in the hostile mountains, allowed them to turn to their left, and to march northward toward Moab Deu 2:

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15. Numbers 21:7

    Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 21:71 voice

    “This peculiar method of cure was designed, in the first instance, to show that it was the efficacy of God's power and grace, not the effect of nature or art, and also that it might be a type of the power of faith in Christ to heal all who look to Him because of their sins (Joh 3:14, 15; see also on 2Ki 18:4).

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16. Numbers 22:34

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

    ›Commentary on Numbers 22:342 voices

    “I have sinned . . . if it displease thee, I will get me back again--Notwithstanding this confession, he evinced no spirit of penitence, as he speaks of desisting only from the outward act. The words "go with the men" was a mere withdrawal of further restraint, but the terms in which leave was given are more absolute and peremptory than those in Nu 22:20.

    “If it displease thee, I will get me back again - Here is a proof, that though he loved the wages of unrighteousness, yet he still feared God; and he is now willing to drop the enterprise if God be displeased with his proceeding. The piety of many called Christians does not extend thus far; they see that the thing displeases God, and yet they proceed. Reader, is this thy case?

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