Quotes About Repentance

“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.

Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.

And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORDís commandments and does what is forbidden by them:

If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bullís head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.

When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.

When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.

And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORDís commandments, he incurs guilt.

When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.

He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.

If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

If someone sins and violates any of the LORDís commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor