New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about coming back to god

Realizing you completely messed up and ran off in the wrong direction can make you feel too embarrassed or scared to face the people you let down. Digging into verses about coming back to god reveals that turning around and heading back home is always met with open arms instead of anger. Running away from your values or wandering off into bad habits creates a massive distance, but repentance is simply deciding to pivot and walk back toward what is right. Scripture reminds everyone through stories like the Prodigal Son that the Creator is constantly watching the road, waiting to welcome back anyone who wants a fresh start. Deciding to drop your pride and return to a solid path clears out all that lingering guilt and puts you right back where you belong. Starting over is always an option when you realize forgiveness is waiting for you at the end of the road.

All of the things I've told you about might happen to you. And you will be in trouble. But later you will return to the Lord your God. You will obey him.
Deuteronomy 4:30

You and your children will return to the Lord your God. You will obey him with all your heart and with all your soul. That will be in keeping with everything I'm commanding you today.
Deuteronomy 30:2

But you must obey the Lord your God. You must keep his commands and rules. They are written in this Scroll of the Law. You must turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:10

"But suppose your people change their ways in the land where they are held as prisoners. They turn away from their sins. They beg you to help them in the land of those who won the battle over them. They say, 'We have sinned. We've done what is wrong. We've done what is evil.'
1 Kings 8:47

And they turn back to you with all their heart and soul. Suppose it happens in the land of their enemies who took them away as prisoners. There they pray to you toward the land you gave their people long ago. They pray toward the city you have chosen. And they pray toward the temple I've built for your Name.
1 Kings 8:48

Here is the family line of Manasseh. He had a concubine who was from the land of Aram. She had Asriel and Makir by him. Makir was the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles 7:14

He called together the members of the family line of Aaron. He also called the Levites together. Here are the men who came from the families of the Levites.
1 Chronicles 15:4

But if you return to me, I will bring you back. If you obey my commands, I will gather you together again. I will bring you back from the farthest places on earth. I will bring you to the special place where I have chosen to put my Name.'
Nehemiah 1:9

He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths for the honor of his name.
Psalm 23:3

Then I will teach your ways to those who commit lawless acts. And sinners will turn back to you.
Psalm 51:13

God our Savior, make us new again. Stop being unhappy with us.
Psalm 85:4

Like a lost sheep, I've gone down the wrong path. Come and look for me, because I haven't forgotten to obey your commands.
Psalm 119:176

The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague. But then he will heal them. They will turn to the Lord. And he will answer their prayers and heal them.
Isaiah 19:22

People of Israel, return to the Lord. He's the one you have so strongly opposed.
Isaiah 31:6

I will sweep your sins away as if they were a cloud. I will blow them away as if they were the morning mist. Return to me. Then I will set you free."
Isaiah 44:22

Let the one who is evil stop doing evil things. And let him quit thinking evil thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord. The Lord will show him his tender love. Let him turn to our God. He is always ready to forgive.
Isaiah 55:7

"I thought that after they had done all of those things, they would return to me. But they did not. Their sister nation Judah saw it. And they were not faithful to me either.
Jeremiah 3:7

"Go. Announce this message to the people in the north. Tell them, " 'Israel, you have not been faithful,' announces the Lord. 'Return to me. Then I will look on you with favor again. My love is faithful,' announces the Lord. 'I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:12

"You people have not been faithful," announces the Lord. "Return to me. I am your husband. I will choose one of you from each town. I will choose two from each territory. And I will bring you to the city of Zion.
Jeremiah 3:14

"You have not been faithful," says the Lord. "Return to me. I will heal you. Then you will not turn away from me anymore." "Yes," the people say. "We will come to you. You are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 3:22

"If you will return, Israel, return to me," announces the Lord. "Put the statues of your gods out of my sight. I hate them. Stop going down the wrong path.
Jeremiah 4:1

So the Lord says, "Turn away from your sins. Then I will heal you. And then you will be able to serve me. Speak words that are worthy, not worthless. Then you will be speaking for me. Let these people turn to you. But you must not turn to them.
Jeremiah 15:19

" 'I will change their hearts. Then they will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people. And I will be their God. They will return to me with all their heart.
Jeremiah 24:7

Let's take a good look at the way we're living. Let's return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40

Lord, please bring us back to you. Then we can return. Make our lives like new again.
Lamentations 5:21

"So speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, 'The Lord and King says, "Turn away from your sins! Also turn away from your gods. Give up all of the evil things you have done. I hate them.
Ezekiel 14:6

"So I will judge you people. I will judge each of you in keeping with what you have done," announces the Lord and King. "Turn away from your sins! Turn away from all of the evil things you have done. Then sin will not bring you down.
Ezekiel 18:30

When anyone dies, it does not give me any joy," announces the Lord and King. "So turn away from your sins. Then you will live!
Ezekiel 18:32

"Tell them, 'When sinful people die, it does not give me any joy. But when they turn away from their sins and live, that makes me very happy. And that is just as sure as I am alive,' announces the Lord and King. 'So turn away from your sins! Change your evil ways! Why should you die, people of Israel?'
Ezekiel 33:11

"Son of man, speak to the people of your own country. Tell them, 'The right things a godly person does will not save him when he does not obey the Lord. The wrong things a sinful person does will not destroy him when he turns away from them. If a godly person sins, he will not be allowed to live just because he used to do what is right.'
Ezekiel 33:12

After that, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the Lord. And they will receive his full blessing.
Hosea 3:5

The people say, "Come. Let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces. But he will heal us. He has wounded us. But he'll bandage our wounds.
Hosea 6:1

The pride of Israel witnesses that they are guilty. But in spite of everything, they don't return to the Lord their God. They don't go to him for help.
Hosea 7:10

People of Jacob, you must return to your God. You must hold on to love and do what is fair. You must trust in your God always.
Hosea 12:6

Israel, return to the Lord your God. Your sins have destroyed you!
Hosea 14:1

Tell the Lord you are turning away from your sins. Return to him. Say to him, "Forgive us for all of our sins. Please be kind to us. Welcome us back to you. Then our lips will offer you our praise.
Hosea 14:2

The Lord announces to his people, "Return to me with all your heart. There is still time. Do not eat any food. Sob and cry."
Joel 2:12

Don't just tear your clothes to show how sad you are. Let your hearts be broken. Return to the Lord your God. He is gracious. He is tender and kind. He is slow to get angry. He is full of love. He takes pity on you. He won't destroy you.
Joel 2:13

And now he says to us, "Return to me. Then I will return to you," announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:3

You have turned away from my rules. You have not obeyed them. You have lived that way ever since the days of your people long ago. Return to me. Then I will return to you," says the Lord who rules over all. "But you ask, 'How can we return?'
Malachi 3:7

I will get up and go back to my father. I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven. And I have sinned against you.
Luke 15:18

So he got up and went to his father. "While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him. He was filled with tender love for his son. He ran to him. He threw his arms around him and kissed him.
Luke 15:20

This son of mine was dead. And now he is alive again. He was lost. And now he is found.' "So they began to celebrate.
Luke 15:24

So turn away from your sins. Turn to God. Then your sins will be wiped away. The time will come when the Lord will make everything new.
Acts 3:19

First I preached to people in Damascus. Then I preached in Jerusalem and in all Judea. I preached also to people who are not Jews. I told them to turn away from their sins to God. The way they live must prove that they have turned away from their sins.
Acts 26:20

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can't make up your minds.
James 4:8

You were like sheep who were wandering away. But now you have returned to the Shepherd. He is the Leader of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about coming back to god

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