51 Bible verses about Sin

Proverbs 10:9

9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Proverbs 28:13

13 He who conceals his sins doesn't prosper, But whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Psalms 119:133

133 Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

James 3:10

10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

Romans 8:1-3

1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

3 For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

1 Peter 4:8

8 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Colossians 3:5

5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Ephesians 4:26

26 "Be angry, and don't sin." Don't let the sun go down on your wrath,

Psalms 32:1

1 > Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

Matthew 1:21

21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

Galatians 6:1

1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

Matthew 6:14

14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Psalms 19:12

12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.

Romans 7:14-18

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

15 For I don't know what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

16 But if what I don't desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

John 8:34

34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

Psalms 25:11

11 For your name's sake, Yahweh, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

1 Peter 2:24

24 who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

1 John 3:4

4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Luke 6:45

45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

Psalms 25:6-8

6 Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, For they are from old times.

7 Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, For your goodness' sake, Yahweh.

8 Good and upright is Yahweh, Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

Ephesians 5:11-13

11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that is revealed is light.

Galatians 6:1-3

1 Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.

2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

3 For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

1 John 5:18

18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

Psalms 1:1

1 Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

1 John 1:6

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

James 4:4

4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

John 19:4-7

4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"

6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

James 4:8

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Matthew 18:6

6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Romans 3:20

20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 6:12-19

12 Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

13 Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.

Romans 6:15

15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

Isaiah 64:6

6 For we are all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Matthew 18:15

15 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Hebrews 9:28

28 so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

1 John 3:8

8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Ephesians 5:3

3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Romans 3:23-25

23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;

James 5:16

16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effective, earnest prayer of a righteous man is powerfully effective.

John 20:23

23 Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven them. Whoever's sins you retain, they have been retained."

Psalms 51:1-3

1 > Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

James 4:17

17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

1 John 1:8-10

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Romans 6:23

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalms 51:4-10

4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in your sight; That you may be proved right when you speak, And justified when you judge.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me.

6 Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins, And blot out all of my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 32:5

5 I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, And you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Matthew 7:3

3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?

2 Corinthians 5:21

21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Romans 3:23

23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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