Quotes About Guilt

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”

When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Then Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear how many charges they are bringing against You?”

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this manís blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.

We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.