Section S

Sin

Explore 245 scripture references about sin from Nave's Topical Bible, spanning 48 books of the Bible with categorized entries, verse text, and cross-references.

What Does the Bible Say About Sin?

The topic of sin appears throughout Scripture with 245 references spanning 48 books of the Bible, from 1 Chronicles to Zechariah. Explore the scriptures below to deepen your understanding of what God's Word teaches about this subject.

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-MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS -Paul' s discussion of the responsibility for ROM 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9 -Degrees in LUK 7:41-47; 12:47,48 -Progressive DEU 29:19; 1KI 16:31; PSA 1:1; ISA 5:18; 30:1; JER 9:3; 16:11,12; HOS 13:2; 2TI 3:13 -Its progressiveness exemplified in Joseph' s brothers -1. Jealousy GEN 37:4 -2. Conspiracy GEN 37:18 -3. Murder GEN 37:20 -Sinfulness of JOB 22:5; PSA 25:11; ISA 1:18; ROM 7:13 -Defiles PSA 51:2,7; ISA 1:18; 1JN 1:7 -See DEFILEMENT -To be hated DEU 7:26; PSA 119:113 -Against the body ECC 5:6 -The entangling HEB 12:1 -Little sins So 2:15 -The unpardonable MAT 12:31; MRK 3:29; LUK 12:10; 1JN 5:16,17 -Instances of unpardonable -Israel' s NUM 14:26-45 -Of Eli' s household 1SA 3:14 -See REPROBACY -No escape from the consequences of GEN 3:8-12; ISA 28:18-22; AMO 9:1-4; MAT 23:33; HEB 2:3 -See PUNISHMENT, NO ESCAPE FROM -Attempt to cover, vain ISA 29:15; 59:6 -Secret sins PSA 19:12; 44:21; 64:2; 90:8; ECC 12:14; EZK 8:12; 11:5; MAT 10:26; LUK 8:17; 12:2,3; JHN 3:20; ROM 2:16; EPH 5:12 -Fools mock at PRO 14:9 -Against knowledge PRO 26:11; LUK 12:47,48; JHN 9:41; 15:22; ROM 1:21,32; 2:17-23; HEB 10:26; JAS 4:17; 2PE 2:21,22 -See IGNORANCE, SINS OF -Not counted against righteous people PSA 32:2 -Ignorant ROM 5:13 -Redeemed 2CO 5:19 -Pleasures of JOB 20:12-16; 21:12,13; LUK 8:14 -See PLEASURES, WORLDLY -In believers is a reproach to the Lord 2SA 12:14 -None in heaven REV 22:3,4 -UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO, DEFINING AND ILLUSTRATING DEU 29:18; 2CH 12:14; JOB 14:4; 22:5; PSA 25:11; 95:10; PRO 4:23; 24:8,9; ECC 5:6; ISA 1:6,18; 44:20; JER 7:24; 17:9; EZK 20:16; MAT 5:28; 7:17,18; 12:31,33-35; 13:24,25,38,39; 15:2-20; MRK 3:29; LUK 6:45; 12:10; JHN 8:34,44; ROM 5:12-21; 7:7,13; 14:23; 1CO 5:6; EPH 2:1,2; HEB 3:13; 12:15; JAS 1:14,15; 2:10,11; 4:1-3,17; 2PE 1:4; 1JN 3:4,6,8-10,15; 5:16,17 -For various phases of, and those related to this topic, not found under this heading, see the following -See ATONEMENT -See CONVICTION -See DEPRAVITY -See REGENERATION -See REPENTANCE -See REPROBACY -See SALVATION -See SANCTIFICATION -See WICKED, THE PUNISHMENT OF -CONFESSION OF LEV 16:21; NUM 14:40; 2SA 24:10,17; 1CH 21:17; 2CH 29:6; EZR 9:4-7,10-15; NEH 1:6-9; 9:2,3,5-38; JOB 7:20; 9:20; 13:23; 40:4; 42:5; PSA 32:5; 38:3,4,18; 40:11,12; 41:4; 51:2-5; 69:5; 73:21,22; 106:6; 119:59,60,176; 130:3; ISA 6:5; 26:13; 59:12-15; 64:5-7; JER 3:21,22,25; 8:14,15; 14:7,20; 31:18,19; LAM 1:18,20; 3:40-42; DAN 9:5,6,8-11,15; LUK 15:17-21; 1CO 15:9; JAS 5:16; 1JN 1:8-10 -CONSEQUENCES OF, ENTAILED UPON CHILDREN EXO 20:5; 34:7; LEV 26:39,40; NUM 14:33; JOB 5:4; 18:19; 21:19; PSA 21:10; 37:28; 109:9; PRO 14:11; ISA 14:20-22; 65:7; JER 31:29,30; 32:18; LAM 5:7; ROM 5:12-21 -See WICKED -CONVICTION OF -See CONVICTION -See REPENTANCE, INSTANCES OF -FORGIVENESS OF EXO 34:6,7; LEV 4:20,26,31,35; 5:4-13; NUM 14:18,20; 15:25; 2SA 12:13; 1KI 8:22-50; JOB 10:14; PSA 19:12; 25:7,11,18; 32:1,2,5; 51:9; 65:3; 79:9; 85:2,3; 99:8; 103:12; 130:4; ISA 1:18; 6:6,7; 43:25,26; 44:21,22; 55:6,7; JER 2:22; 5:1,7; 31:34; 33:8; EZK 18:21,22; 33:14-16; MAT 1:21; 3:6; 6:12,14,15; 9:2,6; 12:31,32; 18:23-27,35; 26:28; MRK 2:5,7; 3:28; 11:26; LUK 3:3; 5:21,24; 12:10; 24:47; JHN 8:11; 20:23; ACT 2:38; 10:36,43; 13:38,39; 26:16-18; ROM 4:7,8; EPH 4:32; COL 2:13; HEB 8:12; 9:22; 10:2,17,18; JAS 5:15,20; 1JN 1:7,9; 2:1,2,12; 5:16; REV 1:5 -See ATONEMENT -See CONVICTION -See OFFERINGS -See REPENTANCE -FRUITS OF GEN 3:7-24; 4:9-14; 6:5-7; DEU 29:18; 1KI 13:33,34; JOB 4:8; 5:2; 13:26; 20:11; PSA 5:10; 9:15,16; 10:2; 94:23; 141:10; PRO 1:31; 3:35; 5:22,23; 8:36; 10:24,29-31; 11:5-7,18,19,27,29; 12:13,14,21,26; 13:5,6,15; 22:8; 27:8; 28:1; 29:6; 30:20; ISA 3:9,11; 9:18; 14:21; 50:11; 57:20,21; JER 2:17,19; 4:18; 5:25; 7:19; 14:16; 21:14; EZK 11:21; 22:31; 23:31-35; HOS 8:7; 10:13; 12:14; 13:9; MIC 7:13; MRK 7:21-23; ACT 9:5; ROM 5:12-21; 7:5; 1CO 3:3; 6:9-11; GAL 5:19-21; 6:7,8; 1PE 4:3 -KNOWN TO GOD GEN 3:11; 4:10; 18:13; EXO 16:8,9,12; NUM 12:2; 14:26,27; DEU 1:34; 31:21; 32:34; JOS 7:10-15; JOB 10:14; 11:11; 13:27; 14:16,17; 20:27; 34:21,22,25; 24:23; PSA 44:20,21; 69:5; 90:8; 94:11; ECC 5:8; ISA 29:15; JER 2:22; 16:17; 29:23; EZK 21:24; HOS 5:3; 7:2; AMO 5:12; 9:1-4,8; HAB 2:11; MAL 2:14; MAT 10:26; 22:18; 26:46; LUK 6:8; JHN 4:17-19; 5:42; 6:64; 13:11; REV 2:23 -See GOD, OMNISCIENT -See JESUS, OMNISCIENCE OF -LOVE OF JOB 15:16; 20:12,13; PRO 2:14; 4:17; 10:23; 16:30; 26:11; JER 14:10; EZK 20:16; HOS 4:8; 9:10; MIC 7:3; JHN 3:19,20; 12:43; 1PE 3:19,20; 2PE 2:22 -See REPROBACY -See WICKED, DESCRIBED -NATIONAL, PUNISHMENT OF GEN 6:5-7; 7:21,22; LEV 26:14-38; DEU 9:5; JOB 34:29,30; ISA 19:4; JER 12:17; 25:31-38; 46:28; EZK 16:49,50; JON 1:2 -See GOVERNMENT -See NATIONS -INSTANCES OF -The Sodomites GEN 18:20 -The Egyptians EXO 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14 -See EGYPT -The Israelites LEV 26:14-39; DEU 32:30; 2SA 21:1; 24:1; 2KI 24:3,4,20; 2CH 36:21; EZR 9; NEH 9:36,37; ISA 1:21-23; 3:4,8; 5; 59:1-15; JER 2; 5; 6; 9; 23; 30:11-15; LAM 1:3,8,14; 4:6; EZK 2; 7; 22; 24:6-14; 28:18; 33:25,26; 36:16-20; 39:23,24; 44:4-14; HOS 4:1-11; 6:8-10; 7:1-7; 13; AMO 2; 5; MIC 6; 7:2-6 -Babylon JER 50:45,46; 51 -See BABYLON -Also note the prophecies cited under the following topics -See ASSYRIA -See DAMASCUS -See EDOM -See ELAM -See ETHIOPIA -See PHILISTINES -See SYRIA -PUNISHMENT OF GEN 2:17; 3:16-19; 4:7; 6:3,5-7; 18:20; 19:13; EXO 32:33,34; 34:7; LEV 26:14-21; NUM 15:30,31; 32:23; JOB 21:17; PSA 95:10,11; JER 44:2,3,5,6 -See PUNISHMENT -See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF -REPUGNANT TO GOD GEN 6:6,7; NUM 22:32; DEU 25:16; 32:19; 2SA 11:27; 1KI 14:22; PSA 5:4-6; 10:3; 11:5; 78:59; 95:10; 106:40; PRO 3:32; 6:16-19; 11:20; 15:8,9,26; 21:27; ISA 43:24; JER 25:7; 44:4,21,22; HAB 1:13; ZEC 8:17; LUK 16:15; REV 2:6,15 -See GOD, HOLINESS OF -See HOLINESS -REPUGNANT TO RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE GEN 39:7-9; DEU 7:26; JOB 1:1; 21:16; 22:18; PSA 26:5,9; 84:10; 101:3,4,7; 119:104,113,128,163; 120:2,5-7; 139:19-22; PRO 18:13; 29:27; JER 9:2; ROM 7:15,19,23,24; 2PE 2:7,8; Jude 1:23; REV 2:2 -See HOLINESS -SEPARATES FROM GOD DEU 31:17,18; JOS 7:12; 2CH 24:20; JOB 13:24; 23:3,8,9; PSA 78:59-61; ISA 59:1,2; 64:7; EZK 23:18; HOS 9:12; AMO 3:2,3; MIC 3:4; MAT 7:23; 25:41; LUK 13:27; ROM 8:7; HEB 12:14 -See GOD, HOLINESS OF -See WICKED, PUNISHMENT OF -1. Desert of, a wilderness between Elim and Sinai -The people of Israel journey through EXO 16:1 -The complaint for bread in EXO 16:2 -Manna and quail given in EXO 16:4-36 -Counted in NUM 26:64 -2. A city of Egypt EZK 30:15

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What does the Bible say about sin?

The Bible contains 245 references to sin across 48 books of the Bible. Nave's Topical Bible organizes these references for in-depth study.

Where is sin mentioned in the Bible?

Sin is referenced in 1 Chronicles, 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Kings, 1 Peter, and 43 more books. There are 245 total scripture references on this topic.

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