Bible on Sin

O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?