What the Scriptures say about Sin
Romans 8:7-8
7 Because the mind of the flesh is opposite to God; it is not under the law of God, and is not able to be: 8 So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.
Romans 7:5
5 For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.
Romans 7:23
23 But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.
Romans 6:23
23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 3:23
23 For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
Romans 2:1-5
1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things. 2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things. 3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you? 4 Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart? 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
Romans 13:9
9 And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
Romans 12:19-21
19 Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord. 20 But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
Revelation of John 2:23
23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
Revelation of John 21:8
8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
Revelation of John 1:5
5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
Psalms 90:8
8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.
Psalms 25:11
11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
Matthew 5:39
39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
Matthew 5:28
28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
Matthew 1:21
21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
Matthew 18:9
9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
Matthew 18:6
6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.
Matthew 12:31-32
31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness. 32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
Mark 7:20-23
20 And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean. 21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures, 22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts: 23 All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
Mark 3:28-29
28 Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say: 29 But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:
Luke 16:15
15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
Luke 13:3
3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
Luke 13:27
27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.
Luke 12:47-48
47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows; 48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
Jude 1:7
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
John 9:41
41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
John 8:44
44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
John 8:34
34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.
John 8:23-24
23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.
John 8:11
11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.
John 3:36
36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
John 3:19-20
19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. 20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
John 15:22
22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.
John 12:43
43 For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
James 5:20
20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
James 5:15-16
15 And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness. 16 So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
James 4:4
4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
James 4:17
17 The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 1:15
15 Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.
II Corinthians 5:21
21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
I Thessalonians 4:3-5
3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh; 4 So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour; 5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;
I Peter 2:1
1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
I John 3:8-10
8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. 10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
I John 3:6
6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
I John 3:4
4 Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
I John 3:15
15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
I John 2:4
4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
I John 2:2
2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
I John 1:7-10
7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil. 10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
I Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men, 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.
I Corinthians 6:18-20
18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body. 19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; 20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
I Corinthians 3:3
3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
Hebrews 8:12
12 And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.
Hebrews 13:4
4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
Hebrews 12:14
14 Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
Galatians 6:7-8
7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain. 8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:16-17
16 But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
Ephesians 5:5
5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Ephesians 4:29
29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
Acts 2:38
38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
