100 Bible Verses About Conversion
Bible verses about Conversion
Conversion, a turning towards God, is not merely a change of belief, but a transformation of the heart and mind. Exploring scripture on this profound topic reveals the path to spiritual renewal and a deeper relationship with the Divine. Through these verses, we witness the power of God's grace to forgive, heal, and create a new creation within us. Understanding conversion through the Bible provides guidance, hope, and encouragement for those seeking a life filled with purpose and divine connection. Let these scriptures illuminate your journey towards spiritual awakening and a life devoted to God's will.
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Psalms 19:4 (KJV)
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
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Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
These verses on conversion paint a powerful picture of transformation, illustrating its necessity, its source, and its outcome. From recognizing our separation from God to accepting His grace through faith in Jesus Christ, conversion marks the beginning of a new life. We see that true conversion involves a turning away from sin, a turning towards God, and a commitment to follow Him. It is not merely an intellectual exercise, but a profound shift in the heart and mind, resulting in changed behavior and a desire to live according to God's will. May these verses encourage you to reflect on your own relationship with God. Consider where you are on your journey, and whether you have truly experienced the life-altering power of conversion. If not, may you be inspired to seek Him with all your heart, knowing that He stands ready to welcome you into His loving embrace.