Bible Verses About Guilt
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for guilt, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,273 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Guilt
1 John 1:9748 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:1478 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 3:23305 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:1305 votes
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Luke 15:7266 votes
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
James 4:7266 votes
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Psalms 103:1-22231 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
1 Peter 5:7210 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
James 1:14189 votes
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
1 John 2:1185 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 Corinthians 7:10181 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Romans 10:13174 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2 Peter 3:9144 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Isaiah 6:7134 votes
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Proverbs 28:13116 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Romans 12:19112 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:17106 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:2199 votes
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 10:2298 votes
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 9:1488 votes
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?
Acts 3:1984 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 2:3878 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
John 1:1277 votes
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
1 John 2:276 votes
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Ezekiel 18:2074 votes
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
What does the Bible say about guilt?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of guilt. Across 7,273 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 8:1, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.