Guilt And Shame

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

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth; and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou remember no more.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness. — read the full passage →

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. — read the full passage →

For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.

And the Holy Spirit also beareth witness to us; for after he hath said, — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, blesshis holy name. — read the full passage →

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded.

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them);

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. — read the full passage →

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. — read the full passage →

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.

but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;