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Bible Verses About Sin
Find Bible verses about sin — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about sin?
The Bible addresses sin with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Romans 3:23
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
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Romans 4:7
“"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.”
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Hebrews 12:1
“Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
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Jeremiah 17:9
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?”
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Genesis 4:7
“If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."”
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John 8:34
“Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.”
Genesis 6:5
“Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
1 Samuel 2:17
“The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.”
Psalms 66:18
“If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn't have listened.”
James 4:17
“To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.”
Romans 4:8
“Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."”
Psalms 130:3
“If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?”
1 Corinthians 8:12
“Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.”
Psalms 51:2
“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.”
Isaiah 6:5
“Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"”
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Proverbs 20:9 — “Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"...”
1 John 3:8 — “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son ...”
1 Corinthians 15:17 — “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins....”
Mark 7:21 — “For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, ...”
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