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Conviction of Sin Genesis 4:13

But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Conviction of Sin Deuteronomy 28:65–67

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. / So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival. / In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

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Conviction of Sin Job 40:4, 5

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. / I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

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Conviction of Sin Psalm 31:10

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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Conviction of Sin Psalm 38:1–22

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. / For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. / There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

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Conviction of Sin Psalm 51:1–4, 7–17

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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Conviction of Sin Isaiah 6:5

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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Conviction of Sin Lamentations 1:20

See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

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Conviction of Sin Ezekiel 7:16, 17, 25, 26

The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

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Conviction of Sin Ezekiel 33:10

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

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Conviction of Sin Micah 7:17

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

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Conviction of Sin Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

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Conviction of Sin Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

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Conviction of Sin Acts 9:6

“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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Conviction of Sin Acts 16:29, 30

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. / Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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Conviction of Sin Romans 2:15

So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

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Conviction of Sin 1 Corinthians 14:24, 25

But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all, / and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

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Repentance: Conviction of Sin Necessary To 1 Kings 8:38

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

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Repentance: Conviction of Sin Necessary To Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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Repentance: Conviction of Sin Necessary To Acts 2:37, 38

When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” / Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Repentance: Conviction of Sin Necessary To Acts 19:18

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

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Word of God: Conviction of Sin from Reading 2 Kings 22:9–13

And Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, “Your servants have paid out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hands of the workers and supervisors of the house of the LORD.” / Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. / When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

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Word of God: Conviction of Sin from Reading 2 Chronicles 17:7–10

In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah, / accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. / They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

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Word of God: Conviction of Sin from Reading 2 Chronicles 34:1

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

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