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Guilt & Forgiveness

Regret, shame, wrongdoing; whether and how a person can be forgiven; atonement, redemption, self-forgiveness.

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Judaism · Tanakh - Psalms (JPS 1917) · Psalms 51:19

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.”

NDE · Spiritual Warrior Journey · We Are Being Tested By Those Who Want To Control Us I J Raad (Part 26 of 40)

“Forgive them, Father. They don't know what they're doing.”

Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · Romans 10:9

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”

Islam · Quran (Pickthall 1930) · Az-Zumar 39:53

“Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Psalms (JPS 1917) · Psalms 51:9

“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”

Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · Ephesians 4:32

“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”

Judaism · Tanakh - Psalms (JPS 1917) · Psalms 34:19

“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.”

Christianity · KJV Bible (New Testament) · 1 John 3:15

“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”

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