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Ezekiel 33:11
Tell them,‘ As I live— this is the declaration of the Lord GOD— I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?’
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Joel 2:28
After this I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.
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Ezekiel 18:27-30
But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.But the house of Israel says,‘ The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ Is it my ways that are unfair, house of Israel? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?“ Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.“ Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you.
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Acts 2:36-38
“ Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“ Brothers, what should we do?”Peter replied,“ Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 3:19
Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,
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Zechariah 12:10
“ Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call to him while he is near.Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, so he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.
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Revelation 3:16-19
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth.For you say,‘ I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.
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Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
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Acts 26:20
Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
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Proverbs 10:17
The one who follows instruction is on the path to life, but the one who rejects correction goes astray.
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Luke 11:13
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
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Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.
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Isaiah 45:8
“ Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up so that salvation will sprout and righteousness will spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it.
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Psalms 145:1
I exalt you, my God the King, and bless your name forever and ever.
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Isaiah 55:1-3
“ Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!Why do you spend silver on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.Pay attention and come to me; listen, so that you will live. I will make a permanent covenant with you on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.
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Jeremiah 3:14
“‘ Return, you faithless children— this is the LORD’s declaration— for I am your master, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
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Proverbs 29:1
One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly— beyond recovery.
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Proverbs 6:23
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
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John 7:36-37
What is this remark he made:‘ You will look for me, and you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out,“ If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
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Proverbs 1:30
were not interested in my counsel, and rejected all my correction,
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Hosea 14:1
Israel, return to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
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Proverbs 1:25
since you neglected all my counsel and did not accept my correction,
