Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'repent' occurs 348 times in the standard works.

124 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'repent' in the standard works and contain 35.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 51 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hel. 7:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 19:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 5:31-33 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 5:49-51 (4 in 3 verses)

Hel. 4:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 43:20-22 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 9:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 5:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Hel. 13:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:41-44 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 30:2 (3 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 16:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 33:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 15:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 15:29 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 2:5 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 2:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 10:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 21:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 22:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 42:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:7 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 45:64 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 17:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 3:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 37:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 39:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 54:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 10:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 18:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 18:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 42:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:47-48 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 90:34-35 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 24 46
Gen. 0 2 2
Ex. 2 1 3
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 1 0 1
Judg. 0 3 3
1 Sam. 2 2 4
2 Sam. 0 1 1
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
1 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 3 1 4
Jer. 6 5 11
Ezek. 3 0 3
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 1 1 2
Amos 0 2 2
Jonah 1 2 3
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 24 42 66
BM 205 155 360
DC 80 50 130
PGP 17 7 24
TOTAL 348 278 626

Gen. 6:6
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Gen. 6:7
And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Ex. 13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Ex. 32:12
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Ex. 32:14
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Num. 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Deut. 32:36
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

Judg. 2:18
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Judg. 21:6
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

Judg. 21:15
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

1 Sam. 15:11
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

1 Sam. 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

1 Sam. 15:35
And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

2 Sam. 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Kgs. 8:47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

1 Chr. 21:15
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Ps. 90:13
Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Ps. 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Ps. 110:4
The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Ps. 135:14
For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

Jer. 4:28
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Jer. 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Jer. 15:6
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

Jer. 18:8
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Jer. 18:10
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Jer. 20:16
And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;

Jer. 26:3
If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

Jer. 26:13
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

Jer. 26:19
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Jer. 31:19
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Jer. 42:10
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

Ezek. 14:6
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

Ezek. 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezek. 24:14
I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Joel 2:13
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Joel 2:14
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

Amos 7:3
The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.

Amos 7:6
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.

Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Jonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Zech. 8:14
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not: