Self-condemnation refers to the act of condemning oneself, often accompanied by feelings of guilt, shame, and unworthiness. It is a state of mind that can hinder spiritual growth and the acceptance of God's grace. The Bible addresses this issue, offering guidance and reassurance to believers who struggle with self-condemnation.

1. Romans 8:1-2: "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death." This passage emphasizes the freedom believers have in Christ. Through His sacrifice, believers are no longer under condemnation, highlighting the transformative power of grace and the Spirit.

2. 1 John 3:19-20: "And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things." Here, the apostle John reassures believers that even when their hearts condemn them, God's understanding and knowledge surpass their self-judgment. It is a call to trust in God's greater wisdom and love.

3. Psalm 34:22: "The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned." This verse from the Psalms provides comfort, affirming that those who seek refuge in the Lord are protected from condemnation. It underscores the protective and redemptive nature of God's relationship with His people.

4. Isaiah 50:7-9: "Because the Lord GOD helps me, I will not be disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me! Surely the Lord GOD helps me; who is he who will condemn me?" This passage from Isaiah speaks to the confidence and assurance found in God's support and vindication, challenging the believer to stand firm against accusations, including those from within.

5. Hebrews 10:22: "Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." The author of Hebrews encourages believers to approach God with confidence, having been cleansed from guilt through faith. This cleansing is a reminder of the new covenant and the believer's purified standing before God.

6. 2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!" This verse highlights the transformative nature of being in Christ. The believer's past, with its associated guilt and condemnation, is replaced by a new identity and life in Christ.

7. Philippians 3:13-14: "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus." Paul encourages believers to focus on their future in Christ rather than dwelling on past failures, promoting a forward-looking faith that leaves self-condemnation behind.

These scriptures collectively offer a biblical perspective on self-condemnation, emphasizing the believer's freedom from guilt through Christ, the assurance of God's greater understanding, and the call to embrace a new identity in Him.2 Samuel 24:17
And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, See, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father's house.
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1 Kings 8:31,32
If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:
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Job 9:20
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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Proverbs 5:12,13
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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Matthew 21:33-41
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dig a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country:
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Matthew 23:31
Why you be witnesses to yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets.
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Matthew 25:24-27
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are an hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not strewed:
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Mark 12:1-12
And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country.
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Luke 19:21,22
For I feared you, because you are an austere man: you take up that you layed not down, and reap that you did not sow.
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John 8:9
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the oldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the middle.
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Acts 22:24
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know why they cried so against him.
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Romans 2:1
Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge: for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things.
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Faith and Unbelief.
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the Nature of this Oversight
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An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality.
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The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
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