CONSCIENCE
(See also Conscientious Objection)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
Adam and Eve: it-1 501; it-2 964; lvs 17-18; lv 15-16
purpose of conscience: tp 44
asset: w97 8/1 3-4
bad conscience: it-1 501-502
baptism a request for good conscience (1Pe 3:21): w17.02 11; kl 176; w93 4/1 6; w89 1/15 16
“bear the weaknesses of those not strong” (Ro 15:1): it-2 780; lvs 22; lv 20; w04 9/1 11-13
blood as medicine: lff lesson 39; lvs 92, 94, 246-249; lv 78-79; km 11/06 3-6; w04 6/15 22-24, 30-31; w00 6/15 29-31; w00 10/15 31
article reprint “Blood: Whose Choice and Whose Conscience?”: hb 30-31
Cain: it-2 966
children:
right to freedom of conscience: ed 25
Christians: w98 3/15 19-20
clean conscience: scl 26; w20.07 23; w08 8/15 28; w06 3/15 8; w06 11/15 23-24; wt 38
benefits: lvs 23-26; lv 21-24; w98 4/1 30-31
obtaining after serious wrongdoing: rj 10-11
video What Contributes to Joy?—A Clean Conscience: lff lesson 36
consideration for others’ conscience: scl 26; lff lesson 35; it-1 501, 872; lvs 21-23; lv 19-21; w09 8/15 20; w06 3/15 24-25
alcoholic beverages: w23.12 17; w18.06 18-19; w87 8/1 6
customs: w19.04 17
entertainment: lvs 84-85; lv 72-73
matters of personal taste: w06 4/15 15-16
meat offered to idols: w25.07 6-7; it-1 1172-1173; lvs 22; w17.01 16; lv 20; g03 5/8 27; w96 7/15 19-20
David: lvs 18
defiled conscience: w07 10/15 25-26
discussion: scl 25-26; w18.06 16-20; it-1 500-502; it-2 220-221; lvs 16-26, 240; w15 9/15 8-12; lv 14-24; w09 8/15 19-20; w07 10/15 20-29; w05 10/1 12-15; w98 9/1 3-7; g86 4/8 12-14
doing “what was right in his own eyes” (Jg 17:6; 21:25): it-2 162-163; ct 133-134; w95 6/15 22
effect of association: g 8/08 27; w07 10/15 22, 24; w01 11/1 6-7
effect of false religion: w01 11/1 4-5
effect of lying: yp 214-215
effect of persistent wrongdoing: scl 25
employment issues: w99 4/15 29
entertainment: w04 2/15 18-19; g97 5/22 9
examples:
contrast between soldiers: w98 9/1 3
Pharisees and chief priests: w98 9/1 4-5
thief turns self in: g94 1/8 32
Witnesses return found purse: g05 8/22 31
Witness returns overpayment to government: w02 2/15 32
Witness student declines to read material dishonoring Jesus: w06 3/1 27
Witness students decline involvement in contest: w06 8/15 11
Witness youth in Catholic school: w94 5/1 31
experiences:
cuts down betel nut trees: w97 8/1 7
letter from mother who had an abortion: g86 7/22 24
thief gains clean conscience: wp16.1 7
Witness schoolgirl in biology class: w15 9/15 12
gift from Jehovah: scl 25
good conscience: it-1 501; lvs 23-26; lv 21-23; w11 2/15 25-26; w05 10/1 14-15; w03 5/1 32; w93 2/1 15
motivates to do what is right: w15 9/15 12
video “Maintain a Good Conscience”: lff lesson 35
Greek word: it-1 500; w05 10/1 12
guide: wp24.1 4; scl 26; w07 10/15 22; w06 3/15 22-23; w05 10/1 12-13; w01 11/1 3-4; w00 5/1 16-17; g93 7/8 26-27
guilty conscience:
anguish from: w25.05 9-10; w18.01 11; it-2 251-252
from hiding serious sin: w25.05 10
inactivity due to: rj 10-11
health care: w15 9/15 9-11
Hebrew Scriptures: lv 16
“honest conscience” (Heb 13:18): w04 2/1 32; w89 12/15 24; yp 217; g87 10/8 20-21; w86 11/15 11-14
how conscience works: lvs 17; lv 15; w07 10/15 21-22
improving: w07 10/15 22-24, 29
indicator of sin: w97 7/15 6; w92 11/1 4-5
inherent: it-1 500-501; it-2 474-475, 965-966; lvs 17-18; lv 15-17; w97 8/1 3
‘doing by nature the things of the law’ (Ro 2:14): it-2 965-966; w07 10/15 20-21; w05 10/1 12
Joseph (son of Jacob): it-2 966; w07 10/15 23-24
jury duty: w97 4/1 28-29
law of: it-2 220-221, 223-224, 965-966
listening to: scl 26; w05 10/1 14; g86 4/8 14
Luther’s comment on: sh 316-317
meaning of term: ijwyp article 99; w19.01 17; it-1 500; lvs 17; lv 15; w09 8/15 19; w05 10/1 12; g93 7/8 26; g86 4/8 12
not imposing one’s, on others: lvs 22-23; lv 20-21; w04 9/1 8-13; w96 9/1 21-24
clothing: w04 9/1 11
elders: w96 9/1 22-23
health care: w15 9/15 10-11
not infallible: lvs 19-20; lv 17-18; g 7/07 4-5
oaths that are matters of conscience: w22.04 28-29
questions of: w07 10/15 27-29; be 69-70
recreation: scl 101; w15 9/15 11-12
safeguarding: w01 11/1 4-7
seared (1Ti 4:2): it-1 501-502; it-2 311; lvs 23-24; lv 22; w05 10/1 14; g90 8/8 12; w86 6/1 12-13
subjection to superior authorities (Ro 13:5): w90 11/1 24-26
paying taxes although misused: w11 9/1 21-23
training: ijwyp article 99; scl 26; w21.02 32; lff lesson 35; mwb19.02 2; w18.06 16-20; it-1 500-501; lvs 19-21; w15 9/15 9; lv 17-19; w11 2/15 26-27; w05 10/1 13-14; w01 11/1 3-4; w98 9/1 4-7; w97 8/1 4-6; g86 4/8 13-14
troubled conscience: g88 8/8 23-24
watchman: w19.01 17-18
weak conscience: it-1 501
whether to trust: scl 25; w07 10/15 22; w98 9/1 4-7; g93 7/8 26-27
Quotations
a clean conscience is the best pillow: w97 8/1 4
God-given qualities of humanness which include conscience: w07 10/15 20
voice of God: w97 8/1 3