Thematic Bible: Guilty


Thematic Bible



distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him." Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionTetrarchWho He Might BeWhy It Happened

Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself." And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.



But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfConsciences, Description OfCommunicationOld Age, Attainment OfStandingAccusations, Source OfIsolated PersonsLeaving

Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. read more.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. read more.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

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When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom. We grope for the wall like the blind; we grope like those who have no eyes; we stumble at noon as in the twilight, among those in full vigor we are like dead men. We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. read more.
For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."

But when Herod heard of it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised." Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading




saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens. Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come

Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him. Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us." Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, "This time I have sinned; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceGuilty ConsciencesGod, Righteousness OfPunishment, By GodAcknowledge, SinKings SummoningWe Have Sinned

Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. Verse ConceptsGuilty FearThighsKneesExpressions On FacesKnockingThoughts Of The WickedPeople Appalledknots

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfConsciences, Description OfCommunicationOld Age, Attainment OfStandingAccusations, Source OfIsolated PersonsLeaving

but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. Verse ConceptsTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfExpressions On FacesDepressionRespect

For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahFruits Of SinDisfigurement Of SinCountenanceExpressions On FacesSin Made KnownHarming OneselfWoe To Israel And JerusalemAppearances of


Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. Verse ConceptsGuilty FearThighsKneesExpressions On FacesKnockingThoughts Of The WickedPeople Appalledknots

What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted. Verse ConceptsFearPessimismPunishment, By GodFruits Of SinAnswered PromisesFear Is Due

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth. read more.
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.

Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFear Is Dueharassment

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, read more.
when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

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