Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the
He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of th
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You wi
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land
When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repent
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in t
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he w
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters,
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon rep
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometo
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned ea
So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheri
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die