Sin (4/6)

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere… Psalm 84:10

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 live in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:10 nearness
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:7 conversion repentance joy

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over the transgression
of the remnant of your possession?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in showing clemency.
Micah 7:18 mercy forgiveness
Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37:16-17 money righteousness
If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:17 church listening
The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.
Proverbs 11:18 righteousness reward
He will again have compassion upon us;
he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:19 compassion forgiveness
If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive.
Luke 17:3b-4 repentance forgiveness speaking
And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.
Acts 22:16 baptism purification
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:29 desires hell body
Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
Daniel 12:10 purification understanding wisdom
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
Ephesians 1:7 Savior forgiveness blood
The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalm 34:16 evil
What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 7:7 law desires
Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
for your name's sake.
Psalm 79:9 salvation worship redeemer
Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
Romans 5:7-8 salvation death
He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and light dwells with him.
Daniel 2:22 almighty evil God
Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Luke 12:3 speaking listening light
When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
Acts 3:26 resurrection Jesus blessing
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27-28 marriage desires heart
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 Savior forgiveness world
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15 temptation compassion weakness
Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:31 forgiveness Spirit Holy Spirit
I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, says the Lord God, when through you I display my holiness before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:23 God holiness
For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 sacrifice Jesus resurrection

All who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Bible verse of the day

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

Luke 11:13 Spirit prayer family