72 Bible Verses About Conscience

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.

And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.

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

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Thou shalt not kill.

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

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

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

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.

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: