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When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his… Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. Proverbs 10:19	Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. speaking
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. 1 Corinthians 15:34	Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. righteousness conversion understanding

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18	Come now and let us discuss this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow. Though they are as red as crimson, they shall become as white as wool. forgiveness purification blood
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14	For sin is no longer to have any power over you, since you are not under the Law but under grace. grace law
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. James 3:16	For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness. selfishness evil
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34	Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness, but sin degrades any people. righteousness
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5	But he was pierced for our offenses and crushed for our iniquity; the punishment that made us whole fell upon him, and by his bruises we have been healed. Jesus healing
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Luke 5:32	I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. repentance conversion Jesus
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil. Isaiah 1:16	Wash yourselves and become clean; remove your evil deeds far from my sight. Cease to do evil. purification evil
But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. Ezekiel 18:21	However, if the wicked renounce all of the sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is right and just, they shall surely live; they shall not die. conversion law obedience
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah Psalm 32:5	Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I made no attempt to conceal my guilt. I said, “I will confess my offenses to the Lord,” and you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah confession forgiveness acknowledging
The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers. Proverbs 10:29	The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers. reliability law
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5	This is the message that we have heard from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. God light
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. Romans 6:13	Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness. righteousness sacrifice conversion
Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. Proverbs 19:16	Whoever observes the commandments will live, but the one who scorns them will die. law eternal life
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. 1 Peter 4:1	Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you should arm yourselves also with the same intention. For anyone who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin. suffering
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. Isaiah 44:22	I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. salvation conversion redeemer
That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:19	In other words, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, and not holding people’s transgressions against them, and he committed to us the message of reconciliation. salvation Jesus world
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10	This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. love Savior reconciliation
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. Genesis 3:7	Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. They took fig leaves and sewed them together, making themselves a covering. clothing
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. James 4:2	You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask. desires prayer
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3	As long as I remained silent, my body wasted away as the result of my groaning throughout the day. confession speaking sickness
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1	Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that weighs us down and the sins that so easily distract us and with perseverance run the race that lies ahead of us. life overcoming
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12	As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. salvation
But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:15	But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. forgiveness Father

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

It is better to spend one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house than dwell inside the tents of the wicked.