In the Bible, the sin is a recurring theme. Sin is depicted as a violation of God’s will or a falling short of His standard of righteousness.
Bible verses that discuss sin, its nature, consequences, and the hope of forgiveness and redemption in Jesus Christ.
Bible Verses about Sin:
Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
1 John 1:8 – “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”
James 4:17 – “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Proverbs 24:9 – “The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.”
Ezekiel 18:20a – “The soul who sins shall die.”
Psalm 51:5 – “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
1 John 3:4 – “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.”
Galatians 5:19-21 – “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Romans 5:12 – “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—”
Proverbs 14:34 – “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”
James 1:15 – “Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
Romans 7:15 – “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”
1 John 5:17 – “All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.”
Matthew 5:28 – “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Romans 14:23 – “But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.”
Romans 6:1-2 – “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?”
Hebrews 10:26 – “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,”
1 Corinthians 6:18 – “Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.”
Galatians 6:7 – “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.”
Romans 6:12 – “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.”
Colossians 3:5 – “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.”
1 John 2:1 – “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
Ephesians 2:3 – “Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”
Proverbs 21:4 – “Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.”
Isaiah 59:2 – “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”
1 Peter 2:24 – “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.”
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.”
Acts 3:19 – “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,”
John 8:34 – “Jesus answered them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.'”
These verses provide insight into the nature of sin, its consequences, and the hope of redemption offered through Jesus Christ.