repent vs see the error of one's ways

repent

verb
  • To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of". 

  • To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. 

  • To be sorry for, to regret. 

  • To be sorry for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to practice sin and to love. 

adj
  • Creeping along the ground. 

see the error of one's ways

verb
  • To understand the reasons for which one's prior conduct was wrong or mistaken. 

How often have the words repent and see the error of one's ways occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )