Sin
576 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
163 sections
- A City of Egypt
- Against Knowledge
- Against the Body
- Aggravated by Neglecting Advantages
- All Men are Conceived and Born In
- All Men are Shapen In
- All the Imaginations of the Unrenewed Heart Are
- All Unrighteousness Is
- Attempt to Cover, Vain
- Babylon
- Besetting
- Blessings Withheld on Account of
- Christ Alone Was Without
- Christ Was Manifested to Take Away
- Christ's Blood Cleanses From
- Christ's Blood Redeems From
- Coming from the Heart
- Confession of
- Confusion of Face Belongs to Those Guilty of
- Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children
- Conspiracy
- Dead Works
- Death, the Punishment of
- Death, the Wages of
- Deceitful
- Defiles
- Defiling
- Degrees In
- Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Counted In
- Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Manna and Quail Given In
- Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: The Complaint for Bread In
- Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: The People of Israel Journey Through
- Disgraceful
- Entered Into the World by Adam
- Excludes from Heaven
- Fools Mock At
- Forgiveness of
- Fruits of
- God Has Opened a Fountain For
- God is Provoked to Anger By
- God is Provoked to Jealousy By
- God: Abominates
- God: Alone Can Forgive
- God: Marks
- God: Punishes
- God: Recompenses
- God: Remembers
- Guilt of Concerning
- If we Say That we Have No, we Make God a Liar
- Ignorant
- Israel's
- Jealousy
- Known to God
- Leads to Disease
- Leads to Disquiet
- Leads to Shame
- Like Scarlet and Crimson
- Little Sins
- Love of
- Ministers should Warn the Wicked to Forsake
- Murder
- National, Punishment of
- No Escape from the Consequences of
- No Man Can Atone For
- No Man Can Cleanse Himself From
- No Man is Without
- None in Heaven
- Not Counted Against Righteous People
- Often Manifold
- Often Mighty
- Often Presumptuous
- Often Very Great
- Omission of What we Know to be Good Is
- Paul's Discussion of the Responsibility For
- Pleasures of
- Prayer Hindered By
- Progressive
- Punishment of
- Reaching to Heaven
- Rebellion Against God
- Redeemed
- Reproaching the Lord
- Repugnant to God
- Repugnant to Righteous People
- Saints: Abhor Themselves on Account of
- Saints: Ashamed of Having Committed
- Saints: Cannot Live In
- Saints: Dead To
- Saints: Have Yet the Remains of, in Them
- Saints: Made Free From
- Saints: Profess to Have Ceased From
- Saints: Resolve Against
- Scripture Concludes all Under
- Secret Sins
- Separates from God
- Shall Find out the Wicked
- should be Abhorred
- should be Avoided Even in Appearance
- should be Confessed
- should be Departed From
- should be Guarded Against
- should be Hated
- should be Mortified
- should be Mourned Over
- should be Put Away
- should be Striven Against
- should be Wholly Destroyed
- Sinfulness of
- Sometimes Open and Manifest
- Sometimes Secret
- Specially Strive Against Besetting
- The Abominable Thing That God Hates
- The Egyptians
- The Entangling
- The Fear of God Restrains
- The Fruit of Lust
- The Ground Was Cursed on Account of
- The Holy Spirit Convinces of
- The Israelites
- The Law by Its Strictness Stirs Up
- The Law is the Strength of
- The Law is Transgressed by Every
- The Law: Curses Those Guilty of
- The Law: Gives Knowledge of
- The Law: Made to Restrain
- The Law: Shows Exceeding Sinfulness of
- The Sodomites
- The Sting of Death
- The Thought of Foolishness Is
- The Unpardonable
- The Wicked: Boast of
- The Wicked: Cannot Cease From
- The Wicked: Dead In
- The Wicked: Defy God in Committing
- The Wicked: Delight in Those Who Commit
- The Wicked: Encourage Themselves In
- The Wicked: Encouraged In, by Prosperity
- The Wicked: Excuse
- The Wicked: Expect Impunity In
- The Wicked: Guilty of, in Everything They Do
- The Wicked: Heap Up
- The Wicked: Led by Despair to Continue In
- The Wicked: Make a Mock At
- The Wicked: Plead Necessity For
- The Wicked: Servants To
- The Wicked: Shall Bear the Shame of
- The Wicked: Tempt Others To
- The Wicked: Throw the Blame of, on God
- The Wicked: Throw the Blame of, on Others
- The Wicked: Try to Conceal, from God
- The Word of God Keeps From
- To be Hated
- Toil and Sorrow Originated In
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To, Defining and Illustrating
- we should Pray to God: To Cleanse Us From
- we should Pray to God: To Deliver Us From
- we should Pray to God: To Forgive Our
- we should Pray to God: To Keep Us From
- we should Pray to God: To Make Us Know Our
- we should Pray to God: To Search For, in Our Hearts
- Whatever is not of Faith Is
- when Finished Brings Forth Death
- Works of Darkness
A City of Egypt
- Ezekiel 30:15 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
Against Knowledge
- Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Luke 12:47–48 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. …
- John 9:41 “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking …
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these …
- Romans 2:17–23 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; …
- Hebrews 10:26 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- 2 Peter 2:21–22 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from …
Against the Body
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry …
Aggravated by Neglecting Advantages
- Luke 12:47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- John 15:22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
All Men are Conceived and Born In
- Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
- Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Job 25:4 How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
- Psalm 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
All Men are Shapen In
- Psalm 51:5 Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
All the Imaginations of the Unrenewed Heart Are
- Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart …
- Genesis 8:21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though …
All Unrighteousness Is
- 1 John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.
Attempt to Cover, Vain
- Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Isaiah 59:6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and …
Babylon
- Jeremiah 50:45–46 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the …
- Jeremiah 51:1 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
Besetting
- Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so …
Blessings Withheld on Account of
- Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
Christ Alone Was Without
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way …
- Hebrews 7:26 Such a high priest truly befits us — One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- 1 John 3:5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Christ Was Manifested to Take Away
- John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 John 3:5 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
Christ's Blood Cleanses From
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses …
Christ's Blood Redeems From
- Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Coming from the Heart
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Confession of
- Leviticus 16:21 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the …
- Numbers 14:40 Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we …
- 2 Samuel 24:10 After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have …
- 2 Samuel 24:17 When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. …
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But …
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from …
- Ezra 9:4–7 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, …
- Ezra 9:10–15 And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments …
- Nehemiah 1:6–9 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your …
- Nehemiah 9:2–3 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the …
- Nehemiah 9:5–38 Then the Levites— Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— said, “Stand up and bless the …
- Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
- Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
- Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
- Job 40:4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Job 42:5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You …
- Psalm 38:3–4 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. …
- Psalm 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Psalm 40:11–12 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. …
- Psalm 41:4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
- Psalm 51:2–5 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. …
- Psalm 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalm 73:21–22 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, …
- Psalm 106:6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- Psalm 119:59–60 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies. …
- Psalm 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Psalm 130:3 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
- Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes …
- Isaiah 26:13 O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
- Isaiah 59:12–15 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we …
- Isaiah 64:5–7 You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we …
- Jeremiah 3:21–22 A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their …
- Jeremiah 3:25 Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from …
- Jeremiah 8:14–15 Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has …
- Jeremiah 14:7 Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have …
- Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 31:18–19 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for …
- Lamentations 1:18 The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and …
- Lamentations 1:20 See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, …
- Lamentations 3:40–42 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. …
- Daniel 9:5–6 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. …
- Daniel 9:8–11 O LORD, we are covered with shame — our kings, our leaders, and our fathers — because we have sinned against You. …
- Daniel 9:15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name …
- Luke 15:17–21 Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! …
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has …
- 1 John 1:8–10 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. …
Confusion of Face Belongs to Those Guilty of
- Daniel 9:7–8 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame— the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all …
Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children
- Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers …
- Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave …
- Leviticus 26:39–40 Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers. …
- Numbers 14:33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of …
- Job 5:4 His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 18:19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
- Job 21:19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
- Psalm 21:10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
- Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalm 109:9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
- Proverbs 14:11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Isaiah 14:20–22 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked …
- Isaiah 65:7 both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned …
- Jeremiah 31:29–30 “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ …
- Jeremiah 32:18 You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and …
- Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- Romans 5:12–21 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. …
Conspiracy
- Genesis 37:18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
Dead Works
- Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance …
- Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences …
Death, the Punishment of
- Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Death, the Wages of
- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Deceitful
- Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Defiles
- Psalm 51:2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Psalm 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they …
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses …
Defiling
- Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Degrees In
- Luke 7:41–47 “Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. …
- Luke 12:47–48 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. …
Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Counted In
- Numbers 26:64 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites …
Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Manna and Quail Given In
- Exodus 16:4–36 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather …
Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: The Complaint for Bread In
- Exodus 16:2 And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: The People of Israel Journey Through
- Exodus 16:1 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from …
Disgraceful
- Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Entered Into the World by Adam
- Genesis 3:6–7 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she …
- Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Excludes from Heaven
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor …
- Galatians 5:19–21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …
- Ephesians 5:5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of …
- Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written …
Fools Mock At
- Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
Forgiveness of
- Exodus 34:6–7 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, …
- Leviticus 4:20 He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their …
- Leviticus 4:26 He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s …
- Leviticus 4:31 Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a …
- Leviticus 4:35 And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the …
- Leviticus 5:4–13 Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil— in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an …
- Numbers 14:18 ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave …
- Numbers 14:20 “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
- Numbers 15:25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional …
- 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 1 Kings 8:22–50 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, …
- Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Psalm 19:12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
- Psalm 25:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalm 25:18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- Psalm 32:1–2 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. …
- Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You …
- Psalm 51:9 Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
- Psalm 65:3 When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
- Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
- Psalm 85:2–3 You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah …
- Psalm 99:8 O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
- Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- Psalm 130:4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they …
- Isaiah 6:6–7 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. …
- Isaiah 43:25–26 I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more. …
- Isaiah 44:21–22 Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never …
- Isaiah 55:6–7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. …
- Jeremiah 2:22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who …
- Jeremiah 5:7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they …
- Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least …
- Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- Ezekiel 18:21–22 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will …
- Ezekiel 33:14–16 But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right— …
- Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- Matthew 3:6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- Matthew 6:14–15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. …
- Matthew 9:2 Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take …
- Matthew 9:6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, …
- Matthew 12:31–32 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. …
- Matthew 18:23–27 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. …
- Matthew 18:35 That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
- Matthew 26:28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
- Mark 2:7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Mark 3:28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
- Mark 11:26
- Luke 3:3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
- Luke 5:21 But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Luke 5:24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, …
- Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Luke 24:47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- John 8:11 “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
- John 20:23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
- Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you …
- Acts 10:36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
- Acts 10:43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
- Acts 13:38–39 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. …
- Acts 26:16–18 ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen …
- Romans 4:7–8 “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. …
- Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave …
- Hebrews 8:12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Hebrews 10:2 If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer …
- Hebrews 10:17–18 Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.” …
- James 5:15 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
- James 5:20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses …
- 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.
- 1 John 2:1–2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before …
- 1 John 2:12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
- 1 John 5:16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this …
- Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who …
Fruits of
- Genesis 3:7–24 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made …
- Genesis 4:9–14 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” …
- Genesis 6:5–7 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart …
- Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship …
- 1 Kings 13:33–34 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every …
- Job 4:8 As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Job 13:26 For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
- Job 20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Psalm 5:10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have …
- Psalm 9:15–16 The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. …
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalm 94:23 He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Psalm 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
- Proverbs 1:31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
- Proverbs 5:22–23 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. …
- Proverbs 8:36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Proverbs 10:29–31 The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil. …
- Proverbs 11:5–7 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. …
- Proverbs 11:18–19 The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward. …
- Proverbs 11:27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
- Proverbs 11:29 He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 12:13–14 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. …
- Proverbs 12:21 No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
- Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- Proverbs 13:5–6 The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. …
- Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
- Proverbs 22:8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
- Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
- Proverbs 30:20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, …
- Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
- Isaiah 14:21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover …
- Isaiah 50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you …
- Isaiah 57:20–21 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. …
- Jeremiah 2:17 Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
- Jeremiah 2:19 Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you …
- Jeremiah 4:18 “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
- Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
- Jeremiah 7:19 But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
- Jeremiah 14:16 And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no …
- Jeremiah 21:14 I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
- Ezekiel 11:21 But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, …
- Ezekiel 22:31 So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon …
- Ezekiel 23:31–35 Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ …
- Hosea 8:7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if …
- Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and …
- Hosea 12:14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
- Hosea 13:9 You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me — against your helper.
- Micah 7:13 Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
- Mark 7:21–23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, …
- Acts 9:5 “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
- Romans 5:12–21 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. …
- Romans 7:5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3 for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor …
- Galatians 5:19–21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …
- Galatians 6:7–8 Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. …
- 1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, …
God Has Opened a Fountain For
- Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
God is Provoked to Anger By
- 1 Kings 16:2 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and …
God is Provoked to Jealousy By
- 1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all …
God: Abominates
- Deuteronomy 25:16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Proverbs 6:16–19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …
God: Alone Can Forgive
- Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave …
- Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
- Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance — who does not …
- Mark 2:7 “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
God: Marks
- Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
God: Punishes
- Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low …
- Amos 3:2 “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
God: Recompenses
- Jeremiah 16:18 And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their …
- Revelation 18:6 Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
God: Remembers
- Revelation 18:5 For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Guilt of Concerning
- Job 31:33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
If we Say That we Have No, we Make God a Liar
- 1 John 1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Ignorant
- Romans 5:13 For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Israel's
- Numbers 14:26–45 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, …
Jealousy
- Genesis 37:4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Known to God
- Genesis 3:11 “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
- Genesis 4:10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
- Genesis 18:13 And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
- Exodus 16:8–9 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your …
- Exodus 16:12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled …
- Numbers 12:2 “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
- Numbers 14:26–27 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, …
- Deuteronomy 1:34 When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,
- Deuteronomy 31:21 And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten …
- Deuteronomy 32:34 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
- Joshua 7:10–15 But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? …
- Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 11:11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
- Job 13:27 You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Job 14:16–17 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin. …
- Job 20:27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
- Job 34:21–22 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. …
- Job 34:25 Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- Job 24:23 He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
- Psalm 44:20–21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, …
- Psalm 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Psalm 94:11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the …
- Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Jeremiah 2:22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 16:17 For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
- Jeremiah 29:23 For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My …
- Ezekiel 21:24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that …
- Hosea 5:3 I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
- Hosea 7:2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
- Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive …
- Amos 9:1–4 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them …
- Amos 9:8 Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not …
- Habakkuk 2:11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
- Malachi 2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have …
- Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Matthew 22:18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
- Matthew 26:46 Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”
- Luke 6:8 But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.
- John 4:17–19 “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband. …
- John 5:42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
- John 6:64 However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who …
- John 13:11 For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
- Revelation 2:23 Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will …
Leads to Disease
- Job 20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Leads to Disquiet
- Psalm 38:3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Leads to Shame
- Romans 6:21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Like Scarlet and Crimson
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they …
Little Sins
- Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.
Love of
- Job 15:16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Job 20:12–13 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, …
- Proverbs 2:14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
- Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
- Proverbs 16:30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
- Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Jeremiah 14:10 This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does …
- Ezekiel 20:16 because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts …
- Hosea 4:8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
- Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they …
- Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all …
- John 3:19–20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. …
- John 12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
- 1 Peter 3:19–20 in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison …
- 2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Ministers should Warn the Wicked to Forsake
- Ezekiel 33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have …
- Daniel 4:27 Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities …
Murder
- Genesis 37:20 “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall …
National, Punishment of
- Genesis 6:5–7 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart …
- Genesis 7:21–22 And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished — birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, …
- Leviticus 26:14–38 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
- Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of …
- Job 34:29–30 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation, …
- Isaiah 19:4 I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 12:17 But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 25:31–38 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all …
- Jeremiah 46:28 And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the …
- Ezekiel 16:49–50 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help …
- Jonah 1:2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
No Escape from the Consequences of
- Genesis 3:8–12 Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves …
- Isaiah 28:18–22 Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes …
- Amos 9:1–4 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them …
- Matthew 23:33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Hebrews 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by …
No Man Can Atone For
- Micah 6:7 Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my …
No Man Can Cleanse Himself From
- Job 9:30–31 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, …
- Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
- Jeremiah 2:22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
No Man is Without
- 1 Kings 8:46 When they sin against You — for there is no one who does not sin — and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy …
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
None in Heaven
- Revelation 22:3–4 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. …
Not Counted Against Righteous People
- Psalm 32:2 Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Often Manifold
- Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive …
Often Mighty
- Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive …
Often Presumptuous
- Psalm 19:13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
Often Very Great
- Exodus 32:20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the …
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
Omission of What we Know to be Good Is
- James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Paul's Discussion of the Responsibility For
- Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning …
- Romans 3:1 What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
- Romans 4:1 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 6:1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- Romans 7:1 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
- Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 9:1 I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
Pleasures of
- Job 20:12–16 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, …
- Job 21:12–13 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. …
- Luke 8:14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and …
Prayer Hindered By
- Psalm 66:18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
- Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
Progressive
- Deuteronomy 29:19 because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even …
- 1 Kings 16:31 And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of …
- Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Isaiah 5:18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- Isaiah 30:1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but …
- Jeremiah 9:3 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take …
- Jeremiah 16:11–12 Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served …
- Hosea 13:2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of …
- 2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Punishment of
- Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Genesis 3:16–19 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will …
- Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it …
- Genesis 6:3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Genesis 19:13 because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
- Exodus 32:33–34 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book. …
- Exodus 34:7 maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave …
- Leviticus 26:14–21 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
- Numbers 15:30–31 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. …
- Numbers 32:23 But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD — and be assured that your sin will find you out.
- Job 21:17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Psalm 95:10–11 For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” …
- Jeremiah 44:2–3 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all …
- Jeremiah 44:5–6 But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods. …
Reaching to Heaven
- Revelation 18:5 For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Rebellion Against God
- Deuteronomy 9:7 Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt …
- Joshua 1:18 Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be …
Redeemed
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us …
Reproaching the Lord
- Numbers 15:30 But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Psalm 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Repugnant to God
- Genesis 6:6–7 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. …
- Numbers 22:32 The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, …
- Deuteronomy 25:16 For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 32:19 When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- 2 Samuel 11:27 And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the …
- 1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all …
- Psalm 5:4–6 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. …
- Psalm 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Psalm 78:59 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Psalm 95:10 For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
- Psalm 106:40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- Proverbs 3:32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
- Proverbs 6:16–19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …
- Proverbs 11:20 The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
- Proverbs 15:8–9 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. …
- Proverbs 15:26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
- Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Isaiah 43:24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me …
- Jeremiah 25:7 ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
- Jeremiah 44:4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- Jeremiah 44:21–22 “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem— you, your fathers, your kings, your …
- Habakkuk 1:13 Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You …
- Zechariah 8:17 do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
- Luke 16:15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men …
- Revelation 2:6 But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
- Revelation 2:15 In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Repugnant to Righteous People
- Genesis 39:7–9 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” …
- Deuteronomy 7:26 And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to …
- Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 21:16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 22:18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Psalm 26:5 I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- Psalm 26:9 Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Psalm 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell …
- Psalm 101:3–4 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. …
- Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- Psalm 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
- Psalm 119:113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
- Psalm 119:128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- Psalm 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
- Psalm 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Psalm 139:19–22 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men— …
- Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
- Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Jeremiah 9:2 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, …
- Romans 7:15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
- Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
- Romans 7:23–24 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me. …
- 2 Peter 2:7–8 and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless …
- Jude 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained …
- Revelation 2:2 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and …
Saints: Abhor Themselves on Account of
- Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Ezekiel 20:43 There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for …
Saints: Ashamed of Having Committed
- Romans 6:21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
Saints: Cannot Live In
- 1 John 3:9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- 1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
Saints: Dead To
- Romans 6:2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
- Romans 6:11 So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Saints: Have Yet the Remains of, in Them
- Romans 7:17 In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
- Romans 7:23 But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
- Galatians 5:17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each …
Saints: Made Free From
- Romans 6:18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
Saints: Profess to Have Ceased From
- 1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body …
Saints: Resolve Against
- Job 34:32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Scripture Concludes all Under
- Galatians 3:22 But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.
Secret Sins
- Psalm 19:12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalm 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Psalm 64:2 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ezekiel 8:12 “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of …
- Ezekiel 11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O …
- Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Luke 8:17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
- Luke 12:2–3 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. …
- John 3:20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Romans 2:16 on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- Ephesians 5:12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
Separates from God
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, …
- Joshua 7:12 This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because …
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is …
- Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
- Job 23:3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- Job 23:8–9 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. …
- Psalm 78:59–61 On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. …
- Isaiah 59:1–2 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. …
- Isaiah 64:7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of …
- Ezekiel 23:18 When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away …
- Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Amos 3:2–3 “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” …
- Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil …
- Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 13:27 And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
- Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Shall Find out the Wicked
- Numbers 32:23 But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD — and be assured that your sin will find you out.
should be Abhorred
- Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
should be Avoided Even in Appearance
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.
should be Confessed
- Job 33:27 Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
should be Departed From
- Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on …
should be Guarded Against
- Psalm 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalm 39:1 I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
should be Hated
- Psalm 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
- Amos 5:15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
should be Mortified
- Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which …
should be Mourned Over
- Psalm 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Jeremiah 3:21 A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their …
should be Put Away
- Job 11:14 if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
should be Striven Against
- Hebrews 12:4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
should be Wholly Destroyed
- Romans 6:6 We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be …
Sinfulness of
- Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Psalm 25:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they …
- Romans 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death …
Sometimes Open and Manifest
- 1 Timothy 5:24 The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
Sometimes Secret
- Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
- 1 Timothy 5:24 The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.
Specially Strive Against Besetting
- Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so …
The Abominable Thing That God Hates
- Proverbs 15:9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
- Jeremiah 44:4 Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- Jeremiah 44:11 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
The Egyptians
- Exodus 7:1 The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- Exodus 8:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
- Exodus 9:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people …
- Exodus 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform …
- Exodus 11:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this …
- Exodus 12:1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
- Exodus 13:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Exodus 14:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
The Entangling
- Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so …
The Fear of God Restrains
- Exodus 20:20 “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
- Psalm 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Proverbs 16:6 By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
The Fruit of Lust
- James 1:15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
The Ground Was Cursed on Account of
- Genesis 3:17–18 And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you …
The Holy Spirit Convinces of
- John 16:8–9 And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: …
The Israelites
- Leviticus 26:14–39 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …
- Deuteronomy 32:30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- 2 Samuel 21:1 During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD …
- 2 Samuel 24:1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Kings 24:3–4 Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all …
- 2 Kings 24:20 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the …
- Ezra 9:1 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and …
- Nehemiah 9:36–37 So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves! …
- Isaiah 1:21–23 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! …
- Isaiah 3:4 “I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
- Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.
- Isaiah 5:1 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Isaiah 59:1–15 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. …
- Jeremiah 2:1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who …
- Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for …
- Jeremiah 9:1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
- Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 30:11–15 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, …
- Lamentations 1:3 Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her …
- Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have …
- Lamentations 1:14 My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my …
- Lamentations 4:6 The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand …
- Ezekiel 2:1 “Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
- Ezekiel 7:1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 22:1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 24:6–14 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! …
- Ezekiel 28:18 By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come …
- Ezekiel 33:25–26 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and …
- Ezekiel 36:16–20 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- Ezekiel 39:23–24 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I …
- Ezekiel 44:4–14 Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His …
- Hosea 4:1–11 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no …
- Hosea 6:8–10 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood. …
- Hosea 7:1–7 When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and …
- Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
- Amos 2:1 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to …
- Amos 5:1 Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
- Micah 6:1 Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
- Micah 7:2–6 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one …
The Law by Its Strictness Stirs Up
- Romans 7:5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 7:8 But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- Romans 7:11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
The Law is the Strength of
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
The Law is Transgressed by Every
- James 2:10–11 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. …
- 1 John 3:4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
The Law: Curses Those Guilty of
- Galatians 3:10 All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything …
The Law: Gives Knowledge of
- Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
- Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I …
The Law: Made to Restrain
- 1 Timothy 1:9–10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the …
The Law: Shows Exceeding Sinfulness of
- Romans 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death …
The Sodomites
- Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
The Sting of Death
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
The Thought of Foolishness Is
- Proverbs 24:9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
The Unpardonable
- Matthew 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Mark 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
- Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- 1 John 5:16–17 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this …
The Wicked: Boast of
- Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, …
The Wicked: Cannot Cease From
- 2 Peter 2:14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children …
The Wicked: Dead In
- Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
The Wicked: Defy God in Committing
- Isaiah 5:18–19 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, …
The Wicked: Delight in Those Who Commit
- Psalm 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Hosea 7:3 They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these …
The Wicked: Encourage Themselves In
- Psalm 64:5 They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
The Wicked: Encouraged In, by Prosperity
- Job 21:7–15 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? …
- Proverbs 10:16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
The Wicked: Excuse
- Genesis 3:12–13 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” …
- 1 Samuel 15:13–15 When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.” …
The Wicked: Expect Impunity In
- Psalm 10:11 He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalm 94:7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
The Wicked: Guilty of, in Everything They Do
- Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked— are sin.
- Ezekiel 21:24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that …
The Wicked: Heap Up
- Psalm 78:17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- Isaiah 30:1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but …
The Wicked: Led by Despair to Continue In
- Jeremiah 2:25 You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love …
- Jeremiah 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his …
The Wicked: Make a Mock At
- Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
The Wicked: Plead Necessity For
- 1 Samuel 13:11–12 “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at …
The Wicked: Servants To
- John 8:34 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
- Romans 6:16 Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to …
The Wicked: Shall Bear the Shame of
- Ezekiel 16:52 So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than …
The Wicked: Tempt Others To
- Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she …
- 1 Kings 16:2 “Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and …
- 1 Kings 21:25 (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
- Proverbs 1:10–14 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. …
The Wicked: Throw the Blame of, on God
- Genesis 3:12 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
- Jeremiah 7:10 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all …
The Wicked: Throw the Blame of, on Others
- Genesis 3:12–13 And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” …
- Exodus 32:22–24 “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil. …
The Wicked: Try to Conceal, from God
- Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves …
- Genesis 3:10 “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
- Job 31:33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
The Word of God Keeps From
- Psalm 17:4 As for the deeds of men — by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
To be Hated
- Deuteronomy 7:26 And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to …
- Psalm 119:113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
Toil and Sorrow Originated In
- Genesis 3:16–17 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will …
- Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground — because out of it were you taken. For dust …
- Job 14:1 “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To, Defining and Illustrating
- Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship …
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
- Job 14:4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Psalm 25:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalm 95:10 For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
- Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- Proverbs 24:8–9 He who plots evil will be called a schemer. …
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry …
- Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither …
- Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they …
- Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Jeremiah 7:24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went …
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Ezekiel 20:16 because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts …
- Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Matthew 7:17–18 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. …
- Matthew 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- Matthew 12:33–35 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. …
- Matthew 13:24–25 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. …
- Matthew 13:38–39 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, …
- Matthew 15:2–20 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” …
- Mark 3:29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
- Luke 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil …
- Luke 12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
- John 8:34 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
- John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to …
- Romans 5:12–21 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. …
- Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I …
- Romans 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death …
- Romans 14:23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Ephesians 2:1–2 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, …
- Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
- Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- James 1:14–15 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. …
- James 2:10–11 Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. …
- James 4:1–3 What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? …
- James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- 2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine …
- 1 John 3:4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
- 1 John 3:6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
- 1 John 3:8–10 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was …
- 1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
- 1 John 5:16–17 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this …
we should Pray to God: To Cleanse Us From
- Psalm 51:2 Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
we should Pray to God: To Deliver Us From
- Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
we should Pray to God: To Forgive Our
- Exodus 34:9 “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked …
- Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
we should Pray to God: To Keep Us From
- Psalm 19:13 Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
we should Pray to God: To Make Us Know Our
- Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
we should Pray to God: To Search For, in Our Hearts
- Psalm 139:23–24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. …
Whatever is not of Faith Is
- Romans 14:23 But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
when Finished Brings Forth Death
- James 1:15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Works of Darkness
- Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.