18 Bible Verses about Conviction

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James 2:9

And if ye make distinction of faces, ye work sin, being convicted under the law as transgressors.

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Conviction » From God

Job 33:14-30

For God will speak at once, and at a second time, and he shall not regard it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, in the falling of deep sleep upon men, in slumbers upon the bed; Then he will uncover the ear of men, and will seal in their instruction, read more.
To remove man from working, and he will bide pride from man. He will keep back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the spear. And he was chastened with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones perpetually. His life loathed bread, and his soul food of desire. His flesh will consume away from seeing, and they saw not the nakedness of his bones. And his soul will draw near to the pit, and his life to the dead. If there is a messenger upon him, an interpreter, one from a thousand, to announce to man his uprightness: And he will compassionate him and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I found an expiation. His flesh revived above a youth: he shall turn back to the days of his childhood. He shall pray to God and he shall receive him into favor: and he shall see his face with rejoicing, and he will turn back to man his justice. He will look upon men, and he shall say, I sinned, and I perverted the right, and it was not fitting to me; Redeem my soul from passing into the pit, and my life shall look upon light Behold, all these God will work twice, thrice, with man, To turn back his soul from the pit, to enlighten with the light of the living.

Acts 16:14

And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a dealer in purple garments, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, heard: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to things spoken by Paul.

John 6:44-45

None can come to me, except the Father having sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every one therefore having heard and learned of the Father, comes to me.

John 16:7-11

But I say the truth to you; it is profitable to you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Intercessor shall not come to you; and if I go, I will send him to you. And having come, he will convict the world of sin, and of justice, and of judgment: Truly of sin, because they believe not in me; read more.
And of justice, because I retire to my Father, and ye see me no more; And of judgment, for the ruler of this world has been judged.

Conviction » Instances of » Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to joseph

Genesis 44:16

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.

Genesis 42:21-22

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 Reuben will answer them, saying, Spake I not to you, saying, Ye shall not sin against the child; and ye heard not? and also behold his blood was required.

Genesis 45:3

And Joseph will say to his brethren, I am Joseph; is my father yet living? and his brethren will not be able to answer him; for they trembled from before him.

Genesis 50:15-21

And Joseph's brethren will see that their father died, and they will say to him, Joseph will lie in wait for us, and turning back, will turn back to us all the evil which we did to him. And they will come forth to Joseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying, So shall ye say to Joseph, I pray thee now take away the trespass of thy brethren and their sin; for they did to thee evil: and at this time now take away upon the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph will weep in their speaking to him. read more.
And they will come and will fall down before him, and they will say, Behold, we are for servants to thee. And Joseph will say to them, Ye shall not fear, for I am for God. And you, ye even purposed evil against me; God purposed it for good, for the sake of doing as this day, to preserve alive much people. And now ye shall not fear: I will give you to eat, and your little ones. And he will comfort them, and will speak to their hearts.

Conviction » Instances of » Mariners » At the preaching of jonah

Matthew 12:41

The Ninevite men shall rise up in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas here.

Luke 11:32

The Ninevite men shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, more than Jonas here.

Conviction » Instances of » Herod, when he heard of the fame of jesus

Luke 9:7

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.

Mark 6:14

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.

Matthew 14:2

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.

Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » Sentenced » Wonder

Numbers 14:39-40

And Moses will speak these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people will mourn greatly. And they will rise early in the morning, and will go up to the head of the mountain, saying, Behold us, and we will go up to the place which Jehovah said: for we sinned.

Conviction » Instances of » Pharaoh » The plague of locusts

Exodus 10:16-17

And Pharaoh will hasten to call for Moses and for Aaron; and he will say, I sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. And at this time take away now my sin, only this time, and pray ye to Jehovah your God, and he will remove from me only this death.

Conviction » Instances of » Pharaoh » After the plague of hail

Exodus 9:27-28

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 Pray ye to Jehovah and much, from there being voices of God and hail; and I will send you forth, and ye shall not add to stand.

Conviction » Instances of » Judas iscariot

Matthew 27:3-5

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.

Conviction » Instances of » David after the pestilence sent on account of his numbering the people

1 Chronicles 21:30

And David could not go before it to seek God, for he was afraid from the face of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah,

Conviction » Instances of » Saul, after sparing agag and the best of the spoils

1 Samuel 15:24

And Saul will say to Samuel, I sinned: for I passed by the mouth of Jehovah, and thy words: for I feared the people and I will hear to their voice.

Conviction » Instances of » Adam and eve, after their disobedience

Genesis 3:8-10

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. And Jehovah God will call to the man, and will say to him, Where art thou? And he will will say, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I shall be afraid, because I am naked, and I will hide myself.

Conviction » Instances of » Widow of zarephath, when her son died

1 Kings 17:18

And she will say to Elijah, What to me and to thee, thou man of God? camest thou to me to bring to remembrance mine iniquity, and to kill my son?

Conviction » Instances of » Philippian jailer, after the earthquake

Conviction » Instances of » Felix, under the preaching of paul

Conviction » Instances of » Mariners » After casting jonah into the sea

Conviction » Instances of » Pharaoh » The death of the firstborn

Exodus 12:32

Also your sheep, also your oxen take as ye spake, and go and bless also me.

Conviction » Instances of » Jews, when jesus commanded the guiltless man to cast the first stone at the woman taken in adultery

John 8:9

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.

Conviction » Instances of » Darius, when daniel was in the lions' den

Daniel 6:18

Then the king departed to his temple and passed the night fasting: and he brought not his concubines before him, and his sleep fled from him.

Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » After » Golden calf

Exodus 33:4

And the people will hear this evil word, and they will mourn: and they put not each his ornaments upon him.

Conviction » Instances of » The israelites » Complaints » Serpents

Numbers 21:7

And the people will come to Moses, and they will say, We sinned, for we spake against Jehovah and against thee; wilt thou pray to Jehovah and he will remove the serpent from us? And Moses will pray for the people.

Conviction » Instances of » Belshazzar, when he "saw the part of the hand that wrote,"

Daniel 5:6

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

Conviction » Instances of » Saul of tarsus, when he saw jesus on the way to damascus

Acts 9:6

And he trembling and amazed said, Lord, What wilt thou me to do? And the Lord to him, Arise, and come into the city, and it shall be spoken to thee what thou must do.

Conviction » Instances of » Jonah, in the belly of the great fish

Topics on Conviction

Conviction Of Sin

Psalm 32:3

If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.

Conviction, Leading To Repentance

Genesis 3:8-10

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.

Conviction, Not Leading To Repentance

Exodus 9:27

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

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