29 occurrences

'Guilty' in the Bible

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

Verse ConceptsSafetyEternal Evil

For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeSafetyEternal Evil

keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

And if the whole assembly of Israel sin inadvertently, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the congregation, and they do somewhat against any of all the commandments of Jehovah in things which should not be done, and are guilty;

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessIgnorance Of Evil

When a prince sinneth and through inadvertence doeth somewhat against any of all the commandments of Jehovah his God in things which should not be done, and is guilty;

Verse ConceptsUnintentional

And if any one of the people of the land sin through inadvertence, that he do somewhat against any of the commandments of Jehovah in things which should not be done, and be guilty;

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessUnintentional

Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of an unclean crawling thing, and it be hid from him, he also is unclean and guilty;

Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

or if he touch the uncleanness of man, any uncleanness of him by which he is defiled, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth it, then he is guilty.

Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of EvilSin Made Known

Or if any one swear, talking rashly with the lips, to do evil or to do good, in everything that a man shall say rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him, when he knoweth it, then is he guilty in one of these.

Verse ConceptsCarelessnessOaths, HumanAbsence Of ThoughtSin Made KnownSwearing Oaths FalselyRash PeopleSwearing

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these, that he shall confess wherein he hath sinned;

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltRepentance, Nature OfSin OfferingSin ConfessedConfession of sinGuiltconfessing

And if any one sin and do against any of all the commandments of Jehovah what should not be done, and hath not known it, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfGuilt OfferingResponsibility, To GodSin BearerBearingIgnorance Of EvilIgnorance of God

Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any of all the sins of man to work unfaithfulness against Jehovah, and that soul is guilty,

Verse ConceptsMan And Woman

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.

And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"

Verse ConceptsComplaints

And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.

Verse ConceptsReinstating PeopleFound Guilty

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

Verse ConceptsCondemnation Of The Wicked

Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedDeviousnessTwisted WaysPure People

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.

Verse ConceptsFew PeopleGod CursingGuiltThe Earth

Israel was holiness unto Jehovah, the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him are guilty; evil shall come upon them, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHarvestSowing And ReapingA Holy NationMetaphorical FirstfruitsHolinessFirst fruits

All that found them devoured them, and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdHope, Nature OfPlea Of Innocence

Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.

Verse ConceptsSheddingPeople Polluting ThemselvesFound GuiltyJudged As Murderers

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath made himself very guilty, and revenged himself upon them,

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingRevenge

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleInstabilityLukewarmnessHalf HeartednessIndecisionDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisks

Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his +god.

Verse ConceptsLimitations Of StrengthFound GuiltyMen As Gods

whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingKilling Domesticated AnimalsSatisfied With RichesUnpunishedPeople Without MercyGuilt

Bible Theasaurus

Blameworthy (1 instance)
Culpable (3 instances)
Guilty (174 instances)