Conviction

How Nave’s arranged it

• OF SINGenesis 4:13Deuteronomy 28:65–67Job 40:4Job 40:5Psalms 31:10Psalms 38:1–22Psalms 51:1–4Psalms 51:7–17Isaiah 6:5Lamentations 1:20Ezekiel 7:16Ezekiel 7:17Ezekiel 7:25Ezekiel 7:26Ezekiel 33:10Micah 7:17Luke 5:8Acts 2:37Acts 9:6Acts 16:29
• See Sin, Confession of
• INSTANCES OF
• Adam and Eve, after their disobedienceGenesis 3:8–10
• Joseph's brother, on account of their cruelty to JosephGenesis 42:21Genesis 42:22Genesis 44:16Genesis 45:3Genesis 50:15–21
• Pharaoh
• After the plague of hailExodus 9:27Exodus 9:28
• The plague of locustsExodus 10:16Exodus 10:17
• The death of the firstbornExodus 12:32
• The Israelites
• After being rebuked and punished for worshiping the golden calfExodus 33:4
• The death of the ten spies and their being sentenced to wander for forty yearsNumbers 14:39Numbers 14:40

The passages, in Bible order (60)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 3:8–10

   Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 3:8–102 voices

   “What does 'walking' mean in reference to God, who is everywhere? In my opinion God may be said to walk wherever throughout Scripture the presence of God is implied, when we hear that He sees all things and ' the eyes of the Lord are upon the just.' [ Ps 33:16 ] We read, too, that Jesus knew their thoughts and we read: ' Why do you harbor evil thoughts in your hearts?' [ Luke 6:8: Matt 9:4 ] When we reflect, therefore, on these statements, we have a knowledge of God in the act of walking.

   “The voice of the Lord - The voice is properly used here, for as God is an infinite Spirit, and cannot be confined to any form, so he can have no personal appearance. It is very likely that God used to converse with them in the garden, and that the usual time was the decline of the day, לרוח היום leruach haiyom, in the evening breeze; and probably this was the time that our first parents employed in the more solemn acts of their religious worship, at which God was ever present.

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2. Genesis 4:13

   But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 4:131 voice

   “My punishment is greater than I can bear - The margin reads, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. The original words, גדול עוני מנשוא gadol avoni minneso, may be translated, Is my crime too great to be forgiven? words which we may presume he uttered on the verge of black despair. It is most probable that עון avon signifies rather the crime than the punishment; in this sense it is used Lev 26:41, Lev 26:43 1Sa 28:10; 2Ki 7:9; and נשא nasa signifies to remit or forgive.

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3. Genesis 42:21

   Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 42:212 voices

   “We are very guilty concerning our brother - We do not read that they said this during their three days imprisonment; but now when the matter was come to some issue, and they saw themselves still embarrassed, they began to relent.

   “We are verily guilty - How finely are the office and influence of conscience exemplified in these words! It was about twenty-two years since they had sold their brother, and probably their conscience had been lulled asleep to the present hour. God combines and brings about those favorable circumstances which produce attention and reflection, and give weight to the expostulations of conscience.

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4. Genesis 42:22

   And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 42:221 voice

   “Note, (1.) It is an aggravation of any sin that it was committed against admonitions. (2.) When we come to share with others in their calamities, it will be a comfort to us if we have the testimony of our consciences for us that we did not share with them in their iniquities, but, in our places, witnessed against them.

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5. Genesis 44:16

   “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 44:162 voices

   “Then Judah said, "Before God the sins of your servants have been discovered"—not this one [of the cup] but the one for which we have been requited with these things.

   “What shall we say, etc. - No words can more strongly mark confusion and perturbation of mind. They, no doubt, all thought that Benjamin had actually stolen the cup; and the probability of this guilt might be heightened by the circumstance of his having that very cup to drink out of at dinner; for as he had the most honorable mess, so it is likely he had the most honorable cup to drink out of at the entertainment.

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6. Genesis 45:3

   Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 45:32 voices

   “I am Joseph - They knew him only by his Egyptian name, Zaphnath-paaneah, his Hebrew name being lost and forgot in Egypt; but now he teaches them to call him by that, I am Joseph: nay, that they might not suspect it was another of the same name, he explains himself.

   “And Joseph ordered all to withdraw so that he could be recognized by his brothers. For, even as Jesus said, he had not come except to the lost sheep that were the lost of the house of Israel. And lifting up his voice with weeping he said, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" This means, Jesus stretched out his hands to an unbelieving and contradicting people, for he did not seek an envoy or messenger but, as their very Lord, desired to save his own people.

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7. Genesis 50:15–21

   When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 50:15–211 voice

   “Saw that their father was dead - This at once argues both a sense of guilt in their own consciences, and a want of confidence in their brother. They might have supposed that hitherto he had forborne to punish them merely on their father’s account; but now that he was dead, and Joseph having them completely in his power, they imagined that he would take vengeance on them for their former conduct towards him. Thus conscience records criminality; and, by giving birth to continual fears and doubtfulness, destroys all peace of mind, security, and confidence.

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8. Exodus 9:27

   Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 9:272 voices

   “See whether it is for this reason that God hardens the heart of Pharaoh, so that at a moment when he was not hardened he could say, "The Lord is just: I and my people are wicked." His heart has to be hardened further, and he has to suffer more, that he may not, because he has been freed of his hardheartedness too quickly, think too lightly of that hardheartedness and so may have to have his heart hardened over and over again.

   “The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked - The original is very emphatic: The Lord is The Righteous One, (הצדיק hatstaddik), and I and my people are The Sinners, (הרשעים hareshaim); i.e., He is alone righteous, and we alone are transgressors. Who could have imagined that after such an acknowledgment and confession, Pharaoh should have again hardened his heart?

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9. Exodus 9:28

   Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 9:281 voice

   “It is enough - There is no need of any farther plague; I submit to the authority of Jehovah and will rebel no more. Mighty thunderings - כלת אלהים koloth Elohim, voices of God; - that is, superlatively loud thunder. So mountains of God (Psa 36:6) means exceeding high mountains. So a prince of God (Gen 23:6) means a mighty prince. See a description of thunder, Psa 29:3-8: “The Voice Of The Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is upon many waters.

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10. Exodus 10:16

    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

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11. Exodus 10:17

    Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

    ›Commentary on Exodus 10:172 voices

    “Pharaoh desires their prayers that this death only might be taken away, not this sin: he deprecates the plague of locusts, not the plague of a hard heart.

    “This death only - Pliny calls locusts a pestilence brought on by divine wrath. Pharaoh now recognizes the justice of his servants’ apprehensions, Exo 10:7.

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12. Exodus 12:32

    Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

    ›Commentary on Exodus 12:321 voice

    “Appalling judgments in such rapid succession showed plainly that the hand of God was against him. His own family bereavement had so crushed him to the earth that he not only showed impatience to rid his kingdom of such formidable neighbors, but even begged an interest in their prayers.

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13. Exodus 33:4

    When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 33:41 voice

    “Note, Of all the bitter fruits and consequences of sin, that which true penitents most lament, and dread most, is God's departure from them. God had promised that, notwithstanding their sin, he would give them the land flowing with milk and honey. but they could have small joy of that if they had not God's presence with them.

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14. Numbers 14:39

    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

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15. Numbers 14:40

    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”

    ›Commentary on Numbers 14:401 voice

    “We - will go up unto the place, etc. - They found themselves on the very borders of the land, and they heard God say they should not enter it, but should be consumed by a forty years’ wandering in the wilderness; notwithstanding, they are determined to render vain this purpose of God, probably supposing that the temporary sorrow they felt for their late rebellion would be accepted as a sufficient atonement for their crimes. They accordingly went up, and were cut down by their enemies; and why? God went not with them.

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16. Numbers 21:7

    Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

    ›Commentary on Numbers 21:71 voice

    “This peculiar method of cure was designed, in the first instance, to show that it was the efficacy of God's power and grace, not the effect of nature or art, and also that it might be a type of the power of faith in Christ to heal all who look to Him because of their sins (Joh 3:14, 15; see also on 2Ki 18:4).

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