22 Bible Verses about Conviction Of Sin

Therefore, I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.

Therefore I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel; for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

For I acknowledge my rebellion; and my sin is ever before me.

Truly my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my kidneys.

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment:

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Then he called for a light and came inside and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas

and thy heart became tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD when thou didst hear what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become desolate and cursed, and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and slept in sackcloth and went softly.

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he threw his robe from him and covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water: but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God; and let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. read more.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?

For my iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go away for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, reconcile me, a sinner.

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the words that Jesus had said unto him, Before the cock crows twice, thou shalt deny me three times. And thinking on this, he wept.

Now as Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; and the people wept very sore.