Bible Verses About Repentance: Conviction of sin necessary to

then, regardless of what prayer or plea anyone among all your people Isra'el makes - for each individual will know what is plagueing his own conscience - and the person spreads out his hands toward this house;

He who conceals his sins will not succeed; he who confesses and abandons them will gain mercy.

On hearing this, they were stung in their hearts; and they said to Kefa and the other emissaries, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Kefa answered them, “Turn from sin, return to God, and each of you be immersed on the authority of Yeshua the Messiah into forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh!

Many of those who had earlier made professions of faith now came and admitted publicly their evil deeds;