55 Bible Verses about Guilt

If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

Justify the wicked or condemn the just. Both are abomination to Jehovah.

So if you are guilty of any of these sins, you must confess it.

Admit that you have done wrong! You have rebelled against Jehovah your God. You have given yourself to foreign gods under every large tree. You have not obeyed me,' says Jehovah.

If you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness, says the Lord Jehovah.

Rescue (deliver) me from the bloodguilt of murder O God of my salvation. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!

Whoever obeys the whole law and yet stumbles in one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

A violent and bloodthirsty man will run to the pit; let no man help him.

If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account.

I am pure and without sin! I am clean and free from guilt.

I will cleanse them from all the sins that they have committed against me. I will forgive them for all the sins that they have committed against me and for rebelling against me.

Jehovah continued: If you are a witness under oath who refuses to tell what you saw or what you know, you are sinning and will be punished.

I confessed my sins to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Jehovah. Then you forgave all my sins.

O God, you know my foolishness. My sins are not hidden from you.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek me. They will seek me earnestly in their affliction.

Jesus replied: If you were blind you would have no sin. But you say we see so your sin remains.

If I have concealed my transgressions as others do (like Adam), by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

He that knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.

My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.

Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them: You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, thus increasing the sin of Israel.

Those who live through (in union with) (because of) Jesus Christ have no condemnation. [They do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.]

If it is the High Priest who sins and brings guilt on the people, he should present a young bull without any defects and sacrifice it to Jehovah for his sin.

Both of you will suffer for your sins. The prophet will be as guilty as you are when you ask for his help.

Do not let your speech cause you to sin. Do not say to the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry because of what you say and destroy the work of your hands?

Pronounce them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own devices. In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, because they are rebellious against you.

You let the guilty go free for a bribe and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power! He will by no means reprieve the guilty (leave them unpunished). Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm. The clouds are the dust of his feet.

you have sinned and are guilty. Return what you stole or seized, what you were supposed to take care of, the lost item you found,

I, the Lord Jehovah, have not abandoned Israel and Judah, even though they have sinned against me, the Holy One of Israel.

The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: I find no fault in this man.

Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers.

A curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are found guilty. Therefore, those living on the earth are burned, and few men are left.

One witness is not enough to convict someone of a crime, offense, or sin he may have committed. Cases must be settled based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

If you touch anything unclean such as an unclean dead body of a wild or tame animal or the body of an unclean, swarming creature and then ignore what you did, you are unclean and will be guilty.

When you build a new house make a parapet (wall) for your roof. This way you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.

O Jehovah, we recognize our wickedness and the wrongs done by our ancestors. We have sinned against you.

Do not let their wrongdoing be covered or their sin be washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.

Jesus answered him: You would have no power against me except it was given you from above. Therefore he that delivered me to you has greater sin.

In those days and at that time, says Jehovah, people will look for Israel's crimes, but they will find none. They will look for Judah's sins, but none will be found. I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared.

Keep a good conscience. When you are spoken against, those who revile your good manner of life in Christ may be put to shame.

Prepare a slaughtering place! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.

We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

Their owners slay them and claim they are not guilty. They that sell them say: Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich and their own shepherds do not pity them.

Which of you convicted me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe me?

Upon arrival this one will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

If it could, it would cease to be offered. Once the worshipers were cleansed they would have no awareness of sin anymore.