Bible Verses About Guilt

Bible verses about Guilt

17 verses

Discover what the Bible says about guilt.

Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.

Scripture Passages

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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

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How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

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So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

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Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

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And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

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I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

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And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

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We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

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For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

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And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

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Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

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All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

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Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

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For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

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Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

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For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

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We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

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How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

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If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

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