Sin
Bible verses about Sin in the King James Version.
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- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
- Mark 7:20–23
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: …
- Galatians 5:19–21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- 1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Galatians 5:16
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
- James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- 1 John 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
- John 8:34
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- 2 Timothy 3:1–5
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, …
- Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
- 1 John 3:6–10
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. …
- 1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
- John 3:16–17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
- Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
- Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
- Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
- Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Isaiah 59:1–2
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
- Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
- Psalms 51:1–2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
- Romans 3:23–24
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- 1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
- James 1:14–15
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- Colossians 3:1–25
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. …
- Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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Degrees in
- Luke 7:41–47
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. …
- Luke 12:47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
- Luke 12:48
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Progressive
- Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
- 1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
- Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Isaiah 5:18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
- Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 16:11
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
- Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
- Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
- 2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Its progressiveness exemplified in Joseph' s brothers
1. Jealousy
- Genesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
2. Conspiracy
- Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
3. Murder
- Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Sinfulness of
- Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
- Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Defiles
- Psalms 51:2
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
- Psalms 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
To be hated
- Deuteronomy 7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
- Psalms 119:113
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Against the body
- Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
The entangling
- Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Little sins
- Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
The unpardonable
- Matthew 12:31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
- Mark 3:29
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
- Luke 12:10
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
- 1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
- 1 John 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
Instances of unpardonable
Israel' s
- Numbers 14:26–45
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: …
Of Eli' s household
- 1 Samuel 3:14
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
No escape from the consequences of
- Genesis 3:8–12
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. …
- Isaiah 28:18–22
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. …
- Amos 9:1–4
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: …
- Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Attempt to cover, vain
- Isaiah 29:15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
- Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Secret sins
- Psalms 19:12
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- Psalms 44:21
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- Psalms 90:8
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
- Ezekiel 11:5
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
- Matthew 10:26
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
- Luke 8:17
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
- Luke 12:2
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
- Luke 12:3
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Romans 2:16
In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
- Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Fools mock at
- Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Against knowledge
- Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
- Luke 12:47
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
- Luke 12:48
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
- John 9:41
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
- John 15:22
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
- Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
- Romans 2:17–23
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, …
- Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- 2 Peter 2:21
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
- 2 Peter 2:22
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Not counted against righteous people
- Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Ignorant
- Romans 5:13
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Redeemed
- 2 Corinthians 5:19
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Pleasures of
- Job 20:12–16
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. …
- Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
- Luke 8:14
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
In believers is a reproach to the Lord
- 2 Samuel 12:14
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
None in heaven
- Revelation 22:3
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
- Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Unclassified scriptures relating to, defining and illustrating
- Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
- 2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
- Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
- Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- Psalms 95:10
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- Proverbs 24:8
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
- Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
- Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
- Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Isaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
- Matthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matthew 7:17
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Matthew 12:31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
- Matthew 12:33–35
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
- Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matthew 13:25
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- Matthew 13:38
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
- Matthew 13:39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
- Matthew 15:2–20
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. …
- Mark 3:29
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
- Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
- Luke 12:10
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
- John 8:34
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Romans 5:12–21
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. …
- Romans 7:7
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
- Romans 7:13
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
- Romans 14:23
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
- Ephesians 2:1
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
- Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
- Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- James 1:14
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
- James 2:11
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
- James 4:1–3
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
- James 4:17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
- 2 Peter 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- 1 John 3:4
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
- 1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
- 1 John 3:8–10
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
- 1 John 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
- 1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
- 1 John 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
For various phases of, and those related to this topic, not found under this heading, see the following
Confession of
- Leviticus 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
- Numbers 14:40
And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
- 2 Samuel 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 2 Samuel 24:17
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
- 2 Chronicles 29:6
For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
- Ezra 9:4–7
Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. …
- Ezra 9:10–15
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. …
- Nehemiah 1:6–9
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: …
- Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Nehemiah 9:3
And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 9:5–38
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; …
- Job 7:20
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Job 13:23
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
- Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
- Job 42:5
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Psalms 38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
- Psalms 40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
- Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- Psalms 41:4
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
- Psalms 51:2–5
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. …
- Psalms 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
- Psalms 73:21
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- Psalms 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- Psalms 106:6
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
- Psalms 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
- Psalms 119:60
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Psalms 130:3
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- Isaiah 6:5
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- Isaiah 26:13
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
- Isaiah 59:12–15
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. …
- Isaiah 64:5–7
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
- Jeremiah 3:21
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
- Jeremiah 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
- Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
- Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
- Jeremiah 14:7
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
- Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
- Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
- Lamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 1:20
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
- Lamentations 3:40–42
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
- Daniel 9:5
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
- Daniel 9:6
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Daniel 9:8–11
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. …
- Daniel 9:15
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
- Luke 15:17–21
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. …
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Consequences of, entailed upon children
- Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Leviticus 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
- Leviticus 26:40
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
- Numbers 14:33
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
- Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
- Job 18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
- Psalms 21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
- Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 109:9
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
- Proverbs 14:11
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- Isaiah 14:20–22
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
- Isaiah 65:7
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
- Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Jeremiah 32:18
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
- Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
- Romans 5:12–21
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. …
Conviction of
Forgiveness of
- Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exodus 34:7, Leviticus 4:20, Leviticus 4:26, Leviticus 4:31, Leviticus 4:35, Leviticus 5:4–13, Numbers 14:18, Numbers 14:20, Numbers 15:25, 2 Samuel 12:13, 1 Kings 8:22–50, Job 10:14, Psalms 19:12, Psalms 25:7, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 25:18, Psalms 32:1, Psalms 32:2, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 51:9, Psalms 65:3, Psalms 79:9, Psalms 85:2, Psalms 85:3, Psalms 99:8, Psalms 103:12, Psalms 130:4, Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 6:6, Isaiah 6:7, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 43:26, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 44:22, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 5:1, Jeremiah 5:7, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 33:8, Ezekiel 18:21, Ezekiel 18:22, Ezekiel 33:14–16, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 12:31, Matthew 12:32, Matthew 18:23–27, Matthew 18:35, Matthew 26:28, Mark 2:5, Mark 2:7, Mark 3:28, Mark 11:26, Luke 3:3, Luke 5:21, Luke 5:24, Luke 12:10, Luke 24:47, John 8:11, John 20:23, Acts 2:38, Acts 10:36, Acts 10:43, Acts 13:38, Acts 13:39, Acts 26:16–18, Romans 4:7, Romans 4:8, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 2:13, Hebrews 8:12, Hebrews 9:22, Hebrews 10:2, Hebrews 10:17, Hebrews 10:18, James 5:15, James 5:20, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:2, 1 John 2:12, 1 John 5:16, Revelation 1:5
Fruits of
Genesis 3:7–24, Genesis 4:9–14, Genesis 6:5–7, Deuteronomy 29:18, 1 Kings 13:33, 1 Kings 13:34, Job 4:8, Job 5:2, Job 13:26, Job 20:11, Psalms 5:10, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 10:2, Psalms 94:23, Psalms 141:10, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 8:36, Proverbs 10:24, Proverbs 10:29–31, Proverbs 11:5–7, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 11:19, Proverbs 11:27, Proverbs 11:29, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 12:14, Proverbs 12:21, Proverbs 12:26, Proverbs 13:5, Proverbs 13:6, Proverbs 13:15, Proverbs 22:8, Proverbs 27:8, Proverbs 28:1, Proverbs 29:6, Proverbs 30:20, Isaiah 3:9, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 9:18, Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 50:11, Isaiah 57:20, Isaiah 57:21, Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 5:25, Jeremiah 7:19, Jeremiah 14:16, Jeremiah 21:14, Ezekiel 11:21, Ezekiel 22:31, Ezekiel 23:31–35, Hosea 8:7, Hosea 10:13, Hosea 12:14, Hosea 13:9, Micah 7:13, Mark 7:21–23, Acts 9:5, Romans 5:12–21, Romans 7:5, 1 Corinthians 3:3, 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, Galatians 5:19–21, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8, 1 Peter 4:3
Known to God
Genesis 3:11, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 18:13, Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:9, Exodus 16:12, Numbers 12:2, Numbers 14:26, Numbers 14:27, Deuteronomy 1:34, Deuteronomy 31:21, Deuteronomy 32:34, Joshua 7:10–15, Job 10:14, Job 11:11, Job 13:27, Job 14:16, Job 14:17, Job 20:27, Job 34:21, Job 34:22, Job 34:25, Job 24:23, Psalms 44:20, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 69:5, Psalms 90:8, Psalms 94:11, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 29:15, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 16:17, Jeremiah 29:23, Ezekiel 21:24, Hosea 5:3, Hosea 7:2, Amos 5:12, Amos 9:1–4, Amos 9:8, Habakkuk 2:11, Malachi 2:14, Matthew 10:26, Matthew 22:18, Matthew 26:46, Luke 6:8, John 4:17–19, John 5:42, John 6:64, John 13:11, Revelation 2:23
Love of
Job 15:16, Job 20:12, Job 20:13, Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 4:17, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 16:30, Proverbs 26:11, Jeremiah 14:10, Ezekiel 20:16, Hosea 4:8, Hosea 9:10, Micah 7:3, John 3:19, John 3:20, John 12:43, 1 Peter 3:19, 1 Peter 3:20, 2 Peter 2:22
National, punishment of
Genesis 6:5–7, Genesis 7:21, Genesis 7:22, Leviticus 26:14–38, Deuteronomy 9:5, Job 34:29, Job 34:30, Isaiah 19:4, Jeremiah 12:17, Jeremiah 25:31–38, Jeremiah 46:28, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:50, Jonah 1:2
Instances of
The Sodomites
The Israelites
Leviticus 26:14–39, Deuteronomy 32:30, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 24:1, 2 Kings 24:3, 2 Kings 24:4, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Ezra 9, Nehemiah 9:36, Nehemiah 9:37, Isaiah 1:21–23, Isaiah 3:4, Isaiah 3:8, Isaiah 5, Isaiah 59:1–15, Jeremiah 2, Jeremiah 5, Jeremiah 6, Jeremiah 9, Jeremiah 23, Jeremiah 30:11–15, Lamentations 1:3, Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 1:14, Lamentations 4:6, Ezekiel 2, Ezekiel 7, Ezekiel 22, Ezekiel 24:6–14, Ezekiel 28:18, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:26, Ezekiel 36:16–20, Ezekiel 39:23, Ezekiel 39:24, Ezekiel 44:4–14, Hosea 4:1–11, Hosea 6:8–10, Hosea 7:1–7, Hosea 13, Amos 2, Amos 5, Micah 6, Micah 7:2–6
Babylon
Also note the prophecies cited under the following topics
Punishment of
Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:16–19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:5–7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 19:13, Exodus 32:33, Exodus 32:34, Exodus 34:7, Leviticus 26:14–21, Numbers 15:30, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 32:23, Job 21:17, Psalms 95:10, Psalms 95:11, Jeremiah 44:2, Jeremiah 44:3, Jeremiah 44:5, Jeremiah 44:6
Repugnant to God
Genesis 6:6, Genesis 6:7, Numbers 22:32, Deuteronomy 25:16, Deuteronomy 32:19, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 14:22, Psalms 5:4–6, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 11:5, Psalms 78:59, Psalms 95:10, Psalms 106:40, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 6:16–19, Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:9, Proverbs 15:26, Proverbs 21:27, Isaiah 43:24, Jeremiah 25:7, Jeremiah 44:4, Jeremiah 44:21, Jeremiah 44:22, Habakkuk 1:13, Zechariah 8:17, Luke 16:15, Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15
Repugnant to righteous people
Genesis 39:7–9, Deuteronomy 7:26, Job 1:1, Job 21:16, Job 22:18, Psalms 26:5, Psalms 26:9, Psalms 84:10, Psalms 101:3, Psalms 101:4, Psalms 101:7, Psalms 119:104, Psalms 119:113, Psalms 119:128, Psalms 119:163, Psalms 120:2, Psalms 120:5–7, Psalms 139:19–22, Proverbs 18:13, Proverbs 29:27, Jeremiah 9:2, Romans 7:15, Romans 7:19, Romans 7:23, Romans 7:24, 2 Peter 2:7, 2 Peter 2:8, Jude 1:23, Revelation 2:2
Separates from God
Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:18, Joshua 7:12, 2 Chronicles 24:20, Job 13:24, Job 23:3, Job 23:8, Job 23:9, Psalms 78:59–61, Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:2, Isaiah 64:7, Ezekiel 23:18, Hosea 9:12, Amos 3:2, Amos 3:3, Micah 3:4, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 25:41, Luke 13:27, Romans 8:7, Hebrews 12:14