Bible Verses about Sin

Bible Verses About Sin shed light on the reality of sin in our lives and the importance of turning away from it to live according to God’s will. Scripture reveals how sin separates us from God but also shows us the hope of forgiveness and restoration through Jesus Christ.

In this post, we’ll explore verses that address the consequences of sin, the need for repentance, and the amazing grace God offers to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Whether you’re struggling with guilt or seeking to deepen your understanding of God’s mercy, these passages will remind you of the forgiveness and new life available through Christ. Let’s turn to His Word and discover the power of grace in overcoming sin.

Bible Verses about Sin

Genesis 4:7 – If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.

Exodus 20:1-17 – [These verses cover the Ten Commandments, which include various aspects of sin.]

Leviticus 4:2 – “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally in any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done, and does any one of them,’

Leviticus 5:5 – When he realizes his guilt in any of these and confesses the sin he has committed,

Numbers 15:30 – But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is a native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

Deuteronomy 5:9 – You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

1 Samuel 15:23 – For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

2 Samuel 12:13 – David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Psalm 51:5 – Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psalm 51:9 – Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Psalm 103:12 – As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

Psalm 38:18 – I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

Proverbs 14:34 – Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

Isaiah 1:18 – “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 59:2 – But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Jeremiah 5:25 – Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have kept good from you.

Ezekiel 18:30 – “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your offenses; sin will not be your downfall.

Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Micah 7:18 – Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Matthew 5:48 – You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 6:12 – And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 7:23 – And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Matthew 9:6 – But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”

Matthew 18:21 – Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Matthew 26:28 – For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 2:5 – And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 5:20 – And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

Luke 7:47 – Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

John 8:34 – Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.

John 8:11 – She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

Acts 3:19 – Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

Romans 8:1 – There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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.

2 Corinthians 5:21 – For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Galatians 5:19 – Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

Ephesians 2:1 – And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

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 1:8 – If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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 3:4 – Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

1 John 3:8 – Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation 21:27 – But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Isaiah 53:5 – But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Jeremiah 31:34 – And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Ezekiel 36:25 – I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Hosea 14:4 – I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

Micah 7:19 – He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

Zechariah 13:1 – “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

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