Quotes about Repentance
All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
— Amos 9:10
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
— Jonah 1:2
“Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.”
— Jonah 1:12
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
— Jonah 3:1
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
— Jonah 3:3
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
— Jonah 3:4
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
— Jonah 3:5
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
— Jonah 3:6
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
— Jonah 3:8
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
— Jonah 3:9
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
— Jonah 3:10
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
— Jonah 4:2