55 Bible Verses about Guilt

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1 John 3:20

because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

Leviticus 5:5

'And it hath been when he is guilty of one of these, that he hath confessed concerning that which he hath sinned,

Jeremiah 3:13

Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

James 2:10

for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one point, he hath become guilty of all;

Proverbs 28:17

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

Exodus 22:2

'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

Job 33:9

Pure am I, without transgression, Innocent am I, and I have no iniquity.

Jeremiah 33:8

And cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me.

Leviticus 5:1

And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he is witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

Hosea 5:15

I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

Job 31:33

If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

Psalm 38:4

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Ezra 10:10

And Ezra the priest riseth, and saith unto them, 'Ye -- ye have trespassed, and ye settle strange women, to add to the guilt of Israel;

Leviticus 4:3

'If the priest who is anointed doth sin according to the guilt of the people, then he hath brought near for his sin which he hath sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to Jehovah, for a sin-offering,

Ezekiel 14:10

And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

Ecclesiastes 5:6

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

Psalm 5:10

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

Isaiah 5:23

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

Leviticus 6:4

'Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;

Jeremiah 51:5

For, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God -- by Jehovah of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 23:4

And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, 'I find no fault in this man;'

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

Deuteronomy 19:15

'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

Leviticus 5:2

'Or when a person cometh against any thing unclean, or against a carcase of an unclean beast, or against a carcase of unclean cattle, or against a carcase of an unclean teeming creature, and it hath been hidden from him, and he unclean, and guilty;

Deuteronomy 22:8

'When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.

Jeremiah 14:20

We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

Nehemiah 4:5

and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger -- over-against those building.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!

Isaiah 14:21

Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world with cities.

Romans 3:19

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

Psalm 7:3

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

Zechariah 11:5

Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed is Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

Hebrews 10:2

since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?

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Guilt » Joseph's brethren

Genesis 42:21

And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

Exodus 9:27

And Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, 'I have sinned this time, Jehovah is the Righteous, and I and my people are the Wicked,

Guilt » Israel in the wilderness

Numbers 21:7

and the people come in unto Moses and say, 'We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, and He doth turn aside from us the serpent;' and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people.

Guilt » The psalmist

Psalm 40:12

For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

Guilt » The scribes and pharisees

John 8:9

and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

Guilt » The jews of ezra's time

Ezra 9:6

and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

Topics on Guilt

Blood, as symbol of guilt

Isaiah 59:2-3

But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.

Guilt Offering

Leviticus 5:17

And when any person sinneth, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath not known, and he hath been guilty, and hath borne his iniquity,

Guilt, Human Aspects Of

Psalm 51:3-5

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin is before me continually.

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