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Bible Verses About Sin and its Effects

This collection includes 50 passages about Sin and its Effects. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

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But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

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

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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

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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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Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

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For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

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And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

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For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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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 from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

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

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For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

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Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

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For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

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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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Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

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He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

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But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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