The season of Lent is a special time for reflection, prayer, and spiritual growth. As we prepare our hearts for Easter, let’s explore some powerful Bible verses that remind us of God’s love, sacrifice, and call to repentance. Join us on this sacred journey towards deeper faith.
Lent Bible Verses
John 15:4 – Abide in Christ to bear much fruit
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”
Matthew 6:16-18 – Fasting with sincerity
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”
Joel 2:12-13 – Return to the Lord with all your heart
“Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”
Isaiah 58:6 – The fasting God desires
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
Psalm 51:10-12 – A prayer for a pure heart
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Mark 1:12-13 – Jesus’ time in the wilderness
“At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.”
2 Corinthians 5:20 – Be reconciled to God
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”
1 John 1:9 – Confess your sins
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Romans 12:1 – Present your bodies as a living sacrifice
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
Psalm 130:3-4 – God’s abundant forgiveness
“If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.”
Acts 3:19 – Repent and turn to God
“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,”
Jeremiah 29:12-13 – Seek God wholeheartedly
“Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Romans 8:1 – No condemnation for those in Christ
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,”
Matthew 4:4 – Depend on God’s word
“But he answered, ‘It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
Hebrews 12:1-2 – Fix your eyes on Jesus
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
James 4:8 – Draw near to God
“Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”
Psalm 25:4-5 – Show me your ways, Lord
“Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
Philippians 3:10 – Know Christ’s sufferings
“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,”
1 Peter 5:6 – Humble yourselves
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.”
Galatians 2:20 – Live by faith in the Son of God
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Psalm 139:23-24 – Search me, God
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Isaiah 58:9 – God will answer when we call
“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,”
Luke 23:46 – Jesus’ faith at the cross
“Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ When he had said this, he breathed his last.”
Matthew 3:2 – Repentance for the kingdom of heaven
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Joel 2:15 – Call for a sacred assembly
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly.”
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Micah 6:8 – What the Lord requires
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
Romans 6:4 – New life through Christ
“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
Psalm 91:1-2 – God’s protection in times of trouble
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”
Luke 19:8 – Zacchaeus’ act of repentance
“But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, ‘Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.'”
John 12:24 – Die to self to bear much fruit
“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice, pray, and give thanks
“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
Matthew 26:41 – Watch and pray to avoid temptation
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
2 Chronicles 7:14 – Humble yourself and pray
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Hebrews 4:16 – Approach God’s throne with confidence
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
Colossians 3:12 – Clothe yourself with virtues
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Matthew 5:6 – Hunger and thirst for righteousness
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Ephesians 4:22-24 – Put off the old self
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
Matthew 7:7 – Seek and you will find
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Philippians 4:13 – Strength through Christ
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
Psalm 145:18 – The Lord is near to all who call
“The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”
John 3:16 – God’s love through Jesus
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”