1 Timothy 1:13
In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,
Acts 8:3
But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.
Acts 3:17
"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.
Numbers 15:30
"But if some person acts with a high hand, whether a native-born or a resident alien, he blasphemes God, and that person is to be eliminated from among his people.
Hosea 2:23
I will plant my people in the land for myself. I will show mercy on her who has received no mercy I will say to those who are not my people, "You are my people!' and they will say, "You are my God.'"
Luke 12:47
That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.
Luke 23:34
Jesus kept saying, "Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing." Then they divided his clothes among them by throwing dice.
John 9:39-41
Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."
Acts 9:1
Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.
Acts 9:5
He asked, "Who are you, Lord?"
Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell how much evil this man has done to your saints in Jerusalem.
Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
Acts 26:9-11
Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.
Romans 5:20-21
Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,
Romans 11:30-31
For just as you disobeyed God in the past but now have received his mercy because of their disobedience,
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins, although I do not have any command from the Lord, I will give you my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God's church.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.
Philippians 3:6
As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.
1 Timothy 1:16
I am the worst of them. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.
Hebrews 4:16
So let us keep on coming boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 6:4-8
For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
2 Peter 2:21-22
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.