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Bible Emotion Finder
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When you feel guilty / ashamed
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
— 1 John 1:9
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
— Ephesians 4:32
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:”
— Matthew 6:14
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
— Colossians 3:13
“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
— Psalm 103:12
Need words to pray about this? Try the Prayer Generator for guilty / ashamed.
Scripture for every season of feeling
The Bible is not afraid of human emotion. Its psalms grieve and rage and rejoice; its prophets feel weary and abandoned; its apostles describe joy and sorrow in the same breath. The Bible Emotion Finder is built on that honesty. Pick how you feel right now — anxious, afraid, sad, lonely, angry, guilty, hopeless, weak, confused, unloved, thankful, joyful, doubting, restless, or tempted — and the tool returns five to seven King James verses that speak directly to that feeling.
The mapping is curated: each emotion is paired with a topic our editors believe Scripture addresses most clearly for that feeling. “Anxious” goes to verses on anxiety and casting your cares; “guilty” goes to verses on God’s forgiveness; “weary” goes to verses on God’s strength. The verses are exactly the same hand-picked sets used by the Bible Verse Finder, so you can switch between the two depending on whether you want to start from a feeling or from a word.
Once you’ve found verses that speak to you, the next step is prayer. Use the Prayer Generator to write a short prayer for the same emotion. Or read the Daily Bible Verse to start tomorrow with Scripture. For longer reading, browse our study topics and verse articles.