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Bible Quotes About Remorse

51 Scripture verses about remorse from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.

Discover 51 Bible verses about remorse. This comprehensive collection of Scripture quotes reveals God's wisdom and guidance on remorse, with verses from across the Old and New Testaments.

51
Total Verses
45
Old Testament
6
New Testament

Top 10 Bible Quotes About Remorse

  1. Psalms 31:10 — “For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
  2. Psalms 38:2 — “For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
  3. Psalms 38:3 — “There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. rest: Heb. peace, or, health
  4. Psalms 38:4 — “For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
  5. Psalms 38:5 — “My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
  6. Psalms 38:6 — “I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried
  7. Psalms 51:1 — “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multit...
  8. Psalms 51:2 — “Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  9. Psalms 51:3 — “For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
  10. Psalms 51:4 — “Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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Old Testament Quotes About Remorse (45)

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. rest: Heb. peace, or, health
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. right: or, constant
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. else: or, that I should
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation , and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. of the earth: Heb. of the dust
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. undone: Heb. cut off
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. be weak: Heb. go into water
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. Destruction: Heb. Cutting off
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

New Testament Quotes About Remorse (6)

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

Frequently Asked Questions About Remorse in the Bible

What does the Bible say about remorse?
The Bible contains 51 verses about remorse, covering this topic from Genesis to Revelation. Scripture provides guidance, instruction, and comfort regarding remorse through both the Old and New Testaments.
How many Bible verses are about remorse?
There are 51 Bible verses about remorse in the King James Version. These verses span multiple books of the Bible and cover various aspects of this topic.
What is the best Bible verse about remorse?
While many verses address remorse, the most well-known passages come from various books of the Bible. The best verse depends on your specific situation and what aspect of remorse you are studying.
Where in the Bible does it talk about remorse?
Remorse is discussed throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments. You can find 51 references to this topic across multiple books including the Psalms, Proverbs, the Gospels, and the Epistles.

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