55 Bible Verses about Guilt
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If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
When a person is guilty of one of these things, then he is to confess whatever sin it was
"Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, and have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree. But you haven't obeyed me,' declares the LORD.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.
Deliver me from the guilt of shedding blood, God, God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing about your righteousness.
A guilty man tormented by bloodshed will be a lifelong fugitive; let no one support him.
"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,
"I'm pure. I'm without sin; I'm innocent. I'm harboring no iniquity inside of me.
I'll cleanse them from all their sin that they have committed against me, and I'll forgive all their sins that they committed against me and by which they rebelled against me.
"If someone sins because he has failed to testify after receiving notice to testify as a witness regarding what he has observed or learned, he is to be held responsible."
My sin I acknowledged to you; my iniquity I did not hide. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin! Interlude
"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."
Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, "We see,' your sin still exists."
"Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself?
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.
"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.
Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them, "You have sinned by marrying foreign wives, thereby increasing the transgressions of Israel.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.
or if the anointed priest sins, thereby bringing guilt on the people, let him bring a young bull without defect as a sin offering to the LORD for his sin that he had committed.
They'll bear the consequences of their guilt, and the prophet will be just as guilty as the one who seeks that prophet's guidance.
Never let your mouth cause you to sin and don't proclaim in the presence of the angel, "My promise was a mistake," for why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy what you've undertaken?
Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.
The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.
If that person has sinned and has been found guilty, then he is to return the stolen thing that he took or obtained by oppression, or the security that had been entrusted to him, or the lost thing that he had found,
Indeed, Israel and Judah haven't been abandoned by their God, by the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, although their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel."
Samaria will be held guilty, because she has rebelled against her God. By the sword they will fall with their infants dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women torn open."
Then Pilate told the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything chargeable in this man."
Therefore the curse keeps on consuming, and its inhabitants are declared guilty. Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze, and few people are left.
"The testimony of one person alone is not to suffice to convict anyone of any iniquity, sin, or guilt. But the matter will stand on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
"When a person has touched a ceremonially unclean thing inadvertently, such as the carcass of an unclean animal, or some unclean creeping thing, he will be unclean and guilty nevertheless.
"When you build a new house, install a parapet along your roof so that if someone falls from the roof, you won't bring guilt of bloodshed on your house."
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, the guilt of our ancestors. Indeed, we have sinned against you.
Don't atone their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you, because they have demoralized the builders."
Jesus answered him, "You have no authority over me at all, except what was given to you from above. That's why the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."
In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, "the iniquity of Israel will be searched for, but there will be none; and the sin of Judah, but none will be found, because I'll pardon those I leave as a remnant.'"
But do this gently and respectfully, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in the Messiah will be ashamed of slandering you.
Prepare a massacre for his sons because of the guilt of their forefathers! They are not to rise and inherit the earth, and cover the surface of the world with cities."
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Their buyers slaughter them without being punished, continuing to sell them as they say, "Bless the LORD!' and, "I'm rich!' Meanwhile, their shepherds show them no compassion.
Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?
Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins?
From Thematic Bible
Guilt » Joseph's brethren
"We're all guilty because of what we did to our brother!" they told each other. "We kept on watching his suffering while he pleaded with us! We're in this mess because we wouldn't listen!"
Pharaoh sent word and called for Moses and Aaron. "I've sinned this time," he told them. "The LORD is righteous, but I and my people are wicked.
Guilt » Israel in the wilderness
Then the people approached Moses and admitted, "We've sinned by speaking against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD, that he'll remove the serpents from us." So Moses prayed in behalf of the people.
Guilt » The psalmist
Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me.
Guilt » The scribes and pharisees
When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.
Guilt » The jews of ezra's time
Topics on Guilt
Blood, as symbol of guilt
Isaiah 59:2-3Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen.
Guilt Offering
Leviticus 5:17"If a person sins and does what the LORD commanded is not to be done, and if he didn't know that he had sinned, then he will be guilty nevertheless.
Guilt, Human Aspects Of
Psalm 51:3-5For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.
Human Awareness Of Guilt
Psalm 51:3For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me.
Incurring Guilt
Leviticus 19:17"You are not to hate your relative in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor if you must, but you are not to incur guilt on account of him.