REPENTANCE

• (A complete reversal of one's attitude and values, i. e. a turning toward God)
  • Attributed to God Gen. 6:6,7; Ex. 32:14; Dt. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Ps. 106:45, 110:4, 135:14; Jer. 15:6, 18:8, 10, 26:3, 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9,10
  • The burden of the preaching
    • Of John the Baptist Mt. 3
    • Of Jesus Mt. 4:17; Mk. 1:15
  • Exhortation to Pr. 1:23-33; Jer. 7:3, 5, 26:3; Hos. 14:1-3; Amos 5:4-6; Mt. 3:2
  • Condition of God's favor Lev. 26:40-42; 2 Chr. 7:14
  • Unavailing
    • To Israel Num. 14:39-45
    • To Esau Heb. 12:16,17
  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Lev. 26:40-42; Dt. 4:29-31, 10:16, 30:1-3, 8-10, 32:29; 1 Ki. 8:33-50; 2 Chr. 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; Ps. 22:27, 34:14, 18, 51:17, 95:7,8, 147:3; Pr. 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; Ezek. 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; Joel 1:14, 2:12,13, 15-18; Amos 4:12, 5:6, 15; Jonah 3:8,9; Hag. 1:7; Zech. 1:3, 12:10; Mal. 3:7; Mt. 3:2, 7,8, 4:17, 5:4, 9:13; Mk. 1:4, 15, 2:17, 6:12; Lk. 3:3, 5:32, 6:21, 10:13, 13:1-5, 15:1-10, 18:10-14, 24:47; Acts 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; 2 Tim. 2:25; Heb. 6:1; Jas. 4:8-10; 1 Jn. 1:9; Rev. 2:5, 3:2,3, 19
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Joseph's brothers, of their maltreatment of Joseph Gen. 42:21, 50:17,18
    • Pharaoh, of his hardness of heart Ex. 9:27, 10:16,17
    • Balaam, of his spiritual blindness Num. 22:34; with 22:24-35
    • Israelites
      • Of worshiping the golden calf Ex. 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 Judg. 2:1-5
      • Of their idolatry, when afflicted by the Philistines Judg. 10:6-16; 1 Sam. 7:3-6
      • In asking for a king 1 Sam. 12:16-20
      • In the time of Asa, by the preaching of Azariah 2 Chr. 15:1-15
        • By the preaching of Oded 2 Chr. 28:9-15
      • Under the influence of Hezekiah 2 Chr. 30:11
    • Achan, because of his theft Josh. 7:20
    • Saul, at the rebuke of Samuel for not destroying the Amalekites 1 Sam. 15:24; with 15:6-31
    • David, at the rebuke of Nathan, the prophet, for his sins of adultery and murder 2 Sam. 12:11, 13; with 12:7-14
      • See PSALMS, PENITENTIAL
    • Rehoboam, when his kingdom was invaded, and Jerusalem was besieged 2 Chr. 12:1-12
    • Hezekiah, at the time of his sickness 2 Chr. 32:26
      • When reproved by the prophet Micah Jer. 26:18,19
    • Ahab, when reproved by Elijah for Ahab's idolatry 1 Ki. 21:27; with 21:17-29
    • Jehoahaz 2 Ki. 13:4
    • Josiah, when he heard the law of God which had been discovered in the temple by Hilkiah 2 Ki. 22:11-20
    • Manasseh, when he was carried away captive to Babylon by the king of Assyria 2 Chr. 33:12,13
    • The Jews of the exile
      • At the dedication of the second temple Ezra 6:21
      • Because of their idolatrous marriages Ezra 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 Jonah 2:2-9
    • The Ninevites, by the preaching of Jonah Jonah 3:5-9
    • The Jews, by the preaching of John the Baptist Mt. 3:6
    • The woman who anointed Jesus with oil Lk. 7:37-48
    • The disobedient son Mt. 21:29
    • The Prodigal Son Lk. 15:17-21
    • Peter, because of his denial of Jesus Mt. 26:75; Mk. 14:72; Lk. 22:62
    • Judas Mt. 27:3-5; Acts 1:16, 18
    • The Ephesians, by the preaching of Paul Acts 19:18
  • EXEMPLIFIED Num. 21:7; 2 Sam. 24:10, 17; 1 Chr. 21:17; 2 Chr. 29:6; Ezra 9:4, 6, 10, 13,14; Neh. 1:6,7, 9:16-37; Job 7:20, 9:20, 13:23, 40:4, 42:5; Ps. 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; Jonah 3:10; Mic. 7:9; Lk. 15:17-20; 1 Cor. 15:9; 2 Cor. 7:9-11; 1 Pet. 2:25
  • See CONVICTION
  • See PENITENCE
  • See REMORSE
  • See SIN, CONFESSION OF
  • See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF