What Does the Bible Say About Conviction Of Sin By Holy Spirit?

John 16:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:

John 16:8-11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

John 16:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

Titus 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Acts 2:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Jude 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

James 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Acts 16:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

John 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

John 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

John 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

John 16:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

John 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ...

John 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

John 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

John 6:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Zechariah 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

Revelation 12:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

1 Corinthians 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all,

28 Bible Verses about Conviction Of Sin By Holy Spirit

John 16:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 16:8-11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 16:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 16:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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28 Bible Verses about Conviction Of Sin By Holy Spirit

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John 16:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 16:8-11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 16:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Titus 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 8:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 2:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 16:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:1-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Zechariah 12:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 14:24 ESV / 1 helpful vote