Sin (4/6)

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in… Luke 15:7

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:7 conversion repentance joy
A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17 money righteousness

Who is a God like You,
Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression
of the remnant of His heritage?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
Micah 7:18 mercy forgiveness
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:15 forgiveness Father
And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:17 church listening
The wicked man does deceptive work,
But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.
Proverbs 11:18 righteousness reward
If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.
Luke 17:3b-4 repentance forgiveness speaking
He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.
You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:19 compassion forgiveness
And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Acts 22:16 baptism purification
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Matthew 5:29 desires hell body
Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
For Your name’s sake!
Psalm 79:9 salvation worship redeemer
Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
Daniel 12:10 purification understanding wisdom
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7 Savior forgiveness blood
To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
Acts 3:26 resurrection Jesus blessing
He reveals deep and secret things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And light dwells with Him.
Daniel 2:22 almighty evil God
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:7 law desires
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:7-8 salvation death
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalm 34:16 evil
You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27-28 marriage desires heart
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15 temptation compassion weakness
“And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.”
Ezekiel 36:23 God holiness
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
1 John 2:2 Savior forgiveness world
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 sacrifice Jesus resurrection
For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law.
Romans 2:12 law judgment punishment
Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 12:3 speaking listening light

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.