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Bible Verses About Consequences of Wrongdoing

This collection includes 50 passages about Consequences of Wrongdoing. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

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Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

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Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

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Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

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But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

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Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

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When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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

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The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

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What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

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Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

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His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

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If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

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For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

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Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

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But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

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The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

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As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

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