Repentance
Turning back to God — godly sorrow that leads to change, not mere regret.
Acts 3:19
Read in full chapter →19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
See also: Isaiah 43:25, Psalms 51:1
Luke 15:17-20
Read in full chapter →17And 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!
See also: 2 Timothy 1:7, Ezekiel 18:28
18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
See also: Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 65:24
19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
See also: Matthew 8:8, Job 42:6
20And 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.
See also: Psalms 103:10-13, Psalms 86:5
2 Chr 7:14
Read in full chapter →14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
See also: Lamentations 3:40-41, Isaiah 55:6-7
2 Cor 7:10
Read in full chapter →10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
See also: Proverbs 17:22, Acts 3:19