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Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”
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Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
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Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.
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my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”
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David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”
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I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.”
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So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
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They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
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Paul’s Anguish Over Israel
I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit—
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Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
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My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
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But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
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For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?
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When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
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Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
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If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.
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But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience.
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I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?
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Paul’s Change of Plans
Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
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Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.
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The Ministry of Reconciliation
Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
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The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
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holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
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They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
