The Fall of Man
69 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
33 sections
- All Men Partake of the Effects of
- Cannot be Remedied by Man
- Dead in Sin
- Man in Consequence of a Child of Wrath
- Man in Consequence of Abominable
- Man in Consequence of Blinded in Heart
- Man in Consequence of Born in Sin
- Man in Consequence of Comes Short of God's Glory
- Man in Consequence of Conscious of Guilt
- Man in Consequence of Constant in Evil
- Man in Consequence of Corrupt and Perverse in his Ways
- Man in Consequence of Corrupt in Speech
- Man in Consequence of Defiled in Conscience
- Man in Consequence of Depraved in Mind
- Man in Consequence of Devoid of the Fear of God
- Man in Consequence of Estranged from God
- Man in Consequence of Evil in Heart
- Man in Consequence of in Bondage to Sin
- Man in Consequence of in Bondage to the Devil
- Man in Consequence of Intractable
- Man in Consequence of Loves Darkness
- Man in Consequence of Made in the Image of Adam
- Man in Consequence of Receives No the Things of God
- Man in Consequence of Totally Depraved
- Man in Consequence of Turned to his own Way
- Man in Consequence of Unrighteous
- Man in Consequence of without Understanding
- Punishment Consequent Upon: Banishment from Paradise
- Punishment Consequent Upon: Condemnation to Labour and Sorrow
- Punishment Consequent Upon: Eternal Death
- Punishment Consequent Upon: Temporal Death
- Remedy For, Provided by God
- Through Temptation of the Devil
All Men Partake of the Effects of
- 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 who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
- 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.
- 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Cannot be Remedied by Man
- 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.
- Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good — you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Dead in Sin
- Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- 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 us all our trespasses,
Man in Consequence of a Child of Wrath
- Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
Man in Consequence of Abominable
- Job 15:16 how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Psalm 14:3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Man in Consequence of Blinded in Heart
- Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Man in Consequence of Born in Sin
- 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.
- Isaiah 48:8 You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
- John 3:6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Man in Consequence of Comes Short of God's Glory
- Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Man in Consequence of Conscious of Guilt
- Genesis 3:7–8 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for 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.”
Man in Consequence of Constant in Evil
- Psalm 10:5 He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- 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 with hearts trained in greed.
Man in Consequence of Corrupt and Perverse in his Ways
- Genesis 6:12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
- Psalm 10:5 He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
- Romans 3:12–16 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” …
Man in Consequence of Corrupt in Speech
- Romans 3:13–14 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” …
Man in Consequence of Defiled in Conscience
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Man in Consequence of Depraved in Mind
- Romans 8:5–7 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. …
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Man in Consequence of Devoid of the Fear of God
- Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Man in Consequence of Estranged 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 from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
- Psalm 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- Colossians 1:21 Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
Man in Consequence of Evil in Heart
- 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 was altogether evil all the time.
- 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 every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living …
- Jeremiah 16:12 And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
Man in Consequence of in Bondage to Sin
- Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- 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 7:23 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 other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Man in Consequence of in Bondage to the Devil
- 2 Timothy 2:26 Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
- Hebrews 2:14–15 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, …
Man in Consequence of Intractable
- Job 11:12 But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Man in Consequence of Loves Darkness
- John 3:19 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.
Man in Consequence of Made in the Image of Adam
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 15:48–49 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. …
Man in Consequence of Receives No the Things of God
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Man in Consequence of Totally Depraved
- 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 was altogether evil all the time.
- Romans 7:18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Man in Consequence of Turned to his own Way
- Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Man in Consequence of Unrighteous
- Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Man in Consequence of without Understanding
- Psalm 14:2–3 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. …
- Romans 3:11 There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
- Romans 1:31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
Punishment Consequent Upon: Banishment from Paradise
- Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Punishment Consequent Upon: Condemnation to Labour and Sorrow
- Genesis 3:16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- 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 you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Job 5:6–7 For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. …
Punishment Consequent Upon: Eternal Death
- Job 21:30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Romans 5:18 So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
- Romans 5:21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Punishment Consequent Upon: Temporal Death
- 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 you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Remedy For, Provided by God
- Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
- John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Through Temptation of the Devil
- Genesis 3:1–5 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” …
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
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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.