47 Bible Verses about conscience
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In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;
Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)
And consciousness, I say, not thine, but another's: for that why is my freedom judged by another's consciousness
Wherefore necessity to be placed under, not only for anger, but also for consciousness.
And if any one say to you, This is sacrificed to an idol, eat not, for him making it known, and consciousness: for of the Lord the earth, and its fulness:
Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.
And if any one of the unbelieving call you, and ye wish to go; every thing set before you, eat, interrogating nothing through consciousness.
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
Every thing being sold in the market, eat, ye, interrogating nothing through consciousness:
Having faith, and a good consciousness; which some having rejected concerning faith suffered shipwreck:
For if any one see thee having knowledge reclining in the idol's temple, shall not his consciousness, being weak, be built up to eat the sacrifices to idols;
For I know nothing by myself; but in this I have not been justified: and he examining me is the Lord.
And see ye lest this your power be a stumble to the weak.
By which also the figure, immersion, now saves us (not by laying aside of the filth of the flesh, but the question of a good. consciousness toward God,) by the rising up of Jesus Christ:
Having a good consciousness; that, in what they speak evil against you, as doing evil, they threatening your good turning round in Christ should be ashamed.
(And the end of the proclamation is love out of a pure heart, and a good consciousness, and unfeigned faith:
And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.
I Speak truth in Christ, I lie not, my consciousness bearing witness to me in the Holy Spirit,
For would they not have ceased to be brought in? because they serving have no more consciousness of sins, once purified.
I have grace to God, whom I serve from the forefathers in pure consciousness, as I have continual remembrance concerning thee in my prayers night and day;
And so sinning against the brethren, and striking their weak consciousness, ye sin against Christ.
Which a parable for the time placed in, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are brought near, not being able for consciousness to perfect him serving;
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; and we are made manifest to God; and I hope also to have been made manifest to your consciences.
But not in all, knowledge: and some with consciousness of the idol even till now eat as a sacrifice to idols: and their consciousness being weak is contaminated.
Pray for us: for we have trusted that we have a good consciousness, in all things wishing to be well occupied.
For if our heart condemn us, for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
And he being judged if he eat, has been condemned for not of faith; and everything not of faith is sin.
Thou has faith; have to thyself before God. Happy he judging not himself in what he proves.
And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day.
For when nations, not having the things of the law, by nature do the things of the law, these, not having the law, are law to themselves:
My justice I held fast, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach from my days.
All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
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Conscience » Guilty
Straitness and distress shall terrify him; they shall overpower him as a king ready for war.
For we sinning voluntarily after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is left no more a sacrifice for sins, But a certain terrible expectation of judgment and jealousy of fire, being about to devour the adversaries.
And king Herod heard his name; (for it was manifest:) and said, That John the Immerser was raised from the dead, and for this the powers were energetic in him.
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient, Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see. And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.
Conscience » A good conscience
Having a good consciousness; that, in what they speak evil against you, as doing evil, they threatening your good turning round in Christ should be ashamed.
Having faith, and a good consciousness; which some having rejected concerning faith suffered shipwreck:
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
Faithful the word, and worthy of all acceptance, for Christ Jesus came into the world to save the sinful; of whom I am first.
And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.
Conscience » General references to
Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?
And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day.
Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)
Wherefore necessity to be placed under, not only for anger, but also for consciousness.
Conscience » Dead
Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart; Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.
Were they ashamed when they did abomination? also shaming they will not be ashamed; also they knew not feeling shame; for this they shall fall with those falling: in the time of my reviewing them they shall faint, said Jehovah.
In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;
All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
Conscience » Accuses of sin
And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us.
And the heart of David will strike him after he thus reviewed the people. And David will say to Jehovah, I sinned greatly in what I did: and now, O Jehovah, now pass by the iniquity of thy servant, for I was very foolish.
And having heard, they were pricked in heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the sent, What shall we do, men, brethren?
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient,
Conscience » We should have the approval of
And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.
I Speak truth in Christ, I lie not, my consciousness bearing witness to me in the Holy Spirit,
My justice I held fast, and I will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach from my days.
Thou has faith; have to thyself before God. Happy he judging not himself in what he proves.
Conscience » The blood of Christ alone can purify
Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?
For would they not have ceased to be brought in? because they serving have no more consciousness of sins, once purified. But in these, a reminding of sins yearly. For the blood of bulls and he-goats cannot take away sins. read more.
Wherefore coming into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering then wouldest not, but a body hast thou adjusted to me: And with whole burnt offering for sin wast thou not contented. Then said I, Behold, I am here (in the head of the book it was written of me,) O God, to do thy will. Farther back, saying, That sacrifice and bringing in and whole burnt offerings and for sin thou wouldest not, neither wert contented with; which are brought in according to law; Then he said, Behold, I am here to do, O God, thy will. He takes away the first, that he might set up the second. In which will we are consecrated by the bringing in of the body of Jesus Christ once.
Conscience » Of saints, pure and good
Having a good consciousness; that, in what they speak evil against you, as doing evil, they threatening your good turning round in Christ should be ashamed.
By which also the figure, immersion, now saves us (not by laying aside of the filth of the flesh, but the question of a good. consciousness toward God,) by the rising up of Jesus Christ:
Pray for us: for we have trusted that we have a good consciousness, in all things wishing to be well occupied.
Conscience » Ministers should commend themselves to that of their people
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; and we are made manifest to God; and I hope also to have been made manifest to your consciences.
But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craft, neither adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every consciousness of man before God.
Conscience » Of others, not to be offended
Good not to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor in what thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.
And if any one say to you, This is sacrificed to an idol, eat not, for him making it known, and consciousness: for of the Lord the earth, and its fulness: And consciousness, I say, not thine, but another's: for that why is my freedom judged by another's consciousness And if I partake by grace, why am I defamed for what I give thanks? read more.
Whether therefore ye eat, whether ye drink, or what ye do, do ye all things to the glory of God. And be ye not molesters to the Jews, and the Greeks, and to the church of God:
Conscience » Testimony of, a source of joy
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
Conscience » Keep the faith in purity of
Having faith, and a good consciousness; which some having rejected concerning faith suffered shipwreck:
Conscience » Instances of » Of peter, after denying the lord
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, having said to him, That before the cock utter a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice. And having gone forth without, he wept bitterly.
And of the second time the cock uttered a sound. And Peter remembered the word which Jesus spake to him, That before the cock utter a sound twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And throwing blame, he wept.
And Peter having come forth without wept bitterly.
Conscience » Witnesses in man
Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)
Conscience » Instances of » Of david » For his adultery and the murder of uriah
Thou wilt not, O Jehovah, shut up thy compassions from me: thy mercy and thy truth shall always guard me. For evils even not being numbered encompassed about me: mine inquities overtook me, and I was not able to see; they were numerous above the hairs of my head, and my heart forsook me.
Conscience » Without spiritual illumination, a false guide
I therefore truly thought to myself, I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarite.
And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day.
Conscience » Guilty » -ezra
And saying, My God, I was ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face, O my God, to thee: for our iniquities were multiplied over the head, and our guilt was magnified even to the heavens.
The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him.
Conscience » Faithful » Of peter, in declaring the whole counsel of God
And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men.
And Peter and John having answered to them, said, If it is just before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye. For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.
Conscience » Instances of » Of herod for beheading john the baptist
And Herod the tetrarch heard all done by him: and was in perplexity, for it was said by certain, that John had been raised from the dead.
And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.
Conscience » Instances of » Of joseph's brethren
And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us.
And Judah will say to him, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? and how shall we be justified? God found the iniquity of thy servants: behold we are servants to my lord, also we, also him the cup being found in his hand.
Conscience » The conscience witnessing
For when nations, not having the things of the law, by nature do the things of the law, these, not having the law, are law to themselves: Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)
Conscience » Guilty » Joseph's brethren
And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us.
Conscience » Whose conscience is defiled
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision: Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain. A certain of them said, their own prophet, The Cretians always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies. read more.
This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith; Not holding to Jewish fictions, and commands of men, having turned away from the truth. All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
Conscience » Of the wicked, seared
In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;
Conscience » Instances of » Of the old prophet of beth-el
And the prophet will lift up the corpse of the man of God and place it upon the ass, and he will turn him back: and the prophet, the old man, came to the city, and he will mourn and he will bury him. And he will lay it down in his grave, and they will mourn over him, Alas, my brother!. And it will be after they buried him, he will say to his sons, saying, In my dying and ye shall bury me in the grave which the man of God was buried in it; by his bones place my bones. read more.
For being, the word shall be which he cried by the word of Jehovah upon the altar which is in the house of God, and upon all the houses of the heights which are in the cities of Shomeron.
Conscience » Suffer patiently for
Conscience » Faithful » Of pharaoh, when he took abraham's wife for a concubine
And Pharaoh will call to Abram, and will say, What this thou didst to me? why didst thou not declare to me that she is thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister and I shall take her to me for a wife? and now behold thy wife, take and go.
Conscience » Guilty » The psalmist
For evils even not being numbered encompassed about me: mine inquities overtook me, and I was not able to see; they were numerous above the hairs of my head, and my heart forsook me.
Conscience » Guilty » Pharaoh
And Pharaoh will send and call for Moses and for Aaron, and will say to them, I sinned this time: Jehovah is just, and I and my people unjust
Conscience » Submit to authority for
Wherefore necessity to be placed under, not only for anger, but also for consciousness.
Conscience » Instances of » Of jacob, after he defrauded esau
And Jacob will lift up his eyes and will see, and behold Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he will divide the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maids. And he set the maids and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph behind them. And he passed through before them, and he will bow himself upon the earth seven times till he brought himself near to his brother. read more.
And Esau will run to his meeting and he will embrace him and will fall upon his neck and will kiss him, and they will weep. And he will lift up his eyes and will see the women and the children, and he will say, To whom these to thee? And he will say, The children with whom God compassionated thy servant. And the maids will draw near, they and their children, and they will bow themselves. And Leah also will draw near, and her children, and they will bow themselves; and after, Joseph will draw near and Rachel, and they will prostrate themselves. And he will say, What to thee all this camp which I met? and he will say, To find grace in thine eyes, my lord. And Esau will say, There is much to me, my brother; what is to thee shall be to thee. And Jacob will say, Nay, now, if now I found grace in thine eyes, and take my gift from my hand, for, for this, I saw thy face as seeing the face of God, and thou wilt be satisfied with me. Take now my blessing which was brought to thee, for God compassionated me, and because all things are to me; and he will press upon him, and he will take. And he will say, We will remove and go, and I will go before thee.
Conscience » Instances of » Of joab, for numbering israel
And an adversary will stand up against Israel, and he will stimulate David to number Israel And David will say to Joab and to the chiefs of the people, Go number Israel from the well of the oath even to judgment, and bring to me and I shall know their number. And Joab will say, Jehovah will add to his people as they are, a hundred times: are they not, my lord the king, all of them for servants to my lord? for what will my lord seek this? wherefore will he be for trespass to Israel? read more.
And the word of the king was strong upon Joab. And Joab will go forth, and he will go about in all Israel, and he will come to Jerusalem. And Joab will give the number of reviewing the people to David. And all Israel will be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men drawing sword: and Judah four hundred and seventy thousand men drawing sword. And Levi and Benjamin he reviewed not in the midst of them: for the king's word was abhorred with Joab. And it will be evil in the eyes of God concerning this word, and he will strike Israel
Conscience » Instances of » Of the lepers of samaria
And these leprous will come even to the end of the camp, and go to one tent, and eat and drink and lift up from thence silver and gold, and garments,. and they will go and hide and turn back, and come to another tent, and lift up from thence, and go and hide. And they will say a man to his neighbor, Not thus do we: this day, it is a day of glad tidings, and we being silent: and waiting till morning light and sin will find us: an now come and we will go and announce to the king's house. And they will go and call to the gate of the city and announce to them, saying, We came to the camp of Aram, and behold, not a man there, and voice of man, but the horse made fast, and the ass made fast, and the tents as they are
Conscience » Faithful » Of abimelech, when he took isaac's wife for a concubine
And Abimelech will call to Isaak, and will say, Surely, behold, she thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaak will say to him, Because I said, Lest I shall die for her. And Abimelech will say, What this thou didst to us? nearly one of the people lay with thy wife, and thou broughtest blame upon us. And Abimelech will command all the people, saying, He touching this man and his wife, dying, shall die.
Conscience » Faithful » Of joseph, when potiphar's wife tried to seduce him
And it will be after these words, and his lord's wife will lift up her eyes to Joseph, and she will say, Lie with me. And he will refuse, and will say to his lord's wife, Behold, my lord knew not what is with me in the house, and all which is to him he gave into my hand; Nothing is great in this house above me: and he kept not back anything from me except thee, because thou his wife: and how shall I do this great evil and sin before God? read more.
And it will be in her speaking to Joseph day by day, and he listened not to her to he by her, to be with her. And it will be about this day, and he will come into the house to do his work: and no man from the men of the house there in the house. And she will seize him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. And he will let go his garment in her hand, and will flee and come forth without
Conscience » Guilty » Belshazzar
The king's brightnesses changing, and his thoughts will terrify him, and the knots of his loins breaking forth, and his knees knocked this upon that
Conscience » Of the wicked, defiled
All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
Conscience » Instances of » Judas iscariot
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient, Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see. And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.
Conscience » Instances of » Of david » For having numbered the people of israel
And the heart of David will strike him after he thus reviewed the people. And David will say to Jehovah, I sinned greatly in what I did: and now, O Jehovah, now pass by the iniquity of thy servant, for I was very foolish.
Conscience » Instances of » Of adam and eve, after they sinned
And the eyes of the two shall be opened, and they shall know that they are naked; and they shall sew together the leaves of the fig tree, and shall make to themselves girdles. And they shall hear the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden at the breeze of the day: and Adam and his wife will hide from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the wood of the garden.
Conscience » Instances of » Of david » For having cut off saul's skirt
And it will be after this, the heart of David will strike him because that he cut off the wing which is to Saul.
Conscience » Faithful » Of jacob, in his care of laban's property
The torn I brought not to thee; I shall bear the blame of it; from my hand thou will seek it, thefts of the day, and thefts of the night
Conscience » Guilty » The scribes and pharisees
And they having heard, and being convicted by consciousness, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Conscience » Instances of » The accusers of the woman taken in adultery
And they having heard, and being convicted by consciousness, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest even to the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Conscience » Instances of » Of pharaoh, after the plagues
And Pharaoh will send and call for Moses and for Aaron, and will say to them, I sinned this time: Jehovah is just, and I and my people unjust
Conscience » Instances of » Of micah, after stealing
And he will say to his mother, The thousand and one hundred of silver which was taken for thee, and thou cursedst me, and saidst also in mine ears, behold, the silver with me; I took it And his mother will say, Blessed my son to Jehovah.
Conscience » Faithful » Of nehemiah, in the matter of taxes
And the former prefects that were before me made heavy upon the people, and they will take from them in bread and wine, the last silver forty shekels; also their young men ruled over the people: and I did not thus from the face of the fear of God.
Conscience » Faithful » Refusing » Meat » Wine
And Daniel will set up upon his heart that he will not be defiled with the dainties of the king, and with the wine of his drinking: and he will seek from the chief of the eunuchs that he shall not defile himself.
Good » Conscience
Having a good consciousness; that, in what they speak evil against you, as doing evil, they threatening your good turning round in Christ should be ashamed.
Having faith, and a good consciousness; which some having rejected concerning faith suffered shipwreck:
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
Faithful the word, and worthy of all acceptance, for Christ Jesus came into the world to save the sinful; of whom I am first.
And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.
Man » Possessed of » Conscience
In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;
Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)
Money » Conscience
And he will say to his mother, The thousand and one hundred of silver which was taken for thee, and thou cursedst me, and saidst also in mine ears, behold, the silver with me; I took it And his mother will say, Blessed my son to Jehovah.
Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient,
And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.
Topics on Conscience
Bad Consciences
Titus 1:15-16All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
Cleansed Consciences
Hebrews 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?
Clear Conscience Before God
Acts 24:16And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.
Clear Consciences
1 Timothy 1:19Having faith, and a good consciousness; which some having rejected concerning faith suffered shipwreck:
Consciences, Before Others
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our consciousness, that in simplicity and purity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we turned back in the world, and more eminently to you.
Consciences, Description Of
Acts 23:1And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day.
Consciences, In Decision Making
Romans 14:6He minding the day, minds to the Lord; and he not minding the day, to the Lord he minds not. He eating, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he not eating, to the Lord he eats not, and he gives thanks to God.
Corrupted Consciences
Titus 1:15-16All things truly pure to the pure: and to the defiled and unbelieving nothing pure; but also their mind and consciousness are defiled.
Guilty Consciences
Genesis 42:21And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us.