Guilt
noun
the fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.
Similar:
culpability, guiltiness, blameworthiness, wrongdoing, wrong, wrongfulness, criminality, unlawfulness, misconduct, delinquency
sin, sinfulness, iniquity, responsibility, accountability, liability, answerability
Opposite: innocence
verb Informal
make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something.
Scripture Study for Guilt
Look bellow for Bible references about guilt:
Romans 3:23:
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God".
Psalm 51:5:
"Behold, I was brought forth with iniquity, and in sin I was conceived".
Psalm 51:1-2:
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me clean from my guilt, and make me clean from my sin".
Psalm 32:5
“Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.’ And you forgave the guilt of my sin.”
1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Psalm 51:9
“Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.”
Romans 8:1
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Psalm 103:12
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
Isaiah 38:17
“Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.”
Isaiah 43:25
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.”
Micah 7:19
“He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depth of the sea.”