26 Bible Verses about What Sin?

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Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I offended you that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me what ought not to be done [to anyone].”

Genesis 31:36

Then Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. And he said to Laban, “What is my fault? What is my sin that you pursued me like this?

1 Samuel 20:1

David fled from Naioth in Ramah and he came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? What is my sin before (against) your father, that he is seeking my life?”

1 Samuel 26:18

And David said, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 29:8

David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day when I [first] came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

1 Kings 18:9

But he said, “What sin have I committed, that you would hand over your servant to Ahab to put me to death?

Job 13:23


“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.

Job 6:30


“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

Genesis 39:9

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God [and your husband]?”

Job 31:13


“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,

1 Samuel 20:8

Therefore show kindness to your servant, because you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is iniquity (guilt) in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father [to be killed]?”

Psalm 7:3


O Lord my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,

John 9:2

His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi (Teacher), who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”

Jeremiah 16:10

“Now when you tell these people all these words and they ask you, ‘Why has the Lord decreed all this great tragedy against us? And what is our iniquity, what is the sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’

Lamentations 2:14


Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your wickedness
To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],
But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.

Matthew 27:23

And he said, “Why, what has He done that is evil?” But they continued shouting all the louder, “Let Him be crucified!”

Mark 15:14

But Pilate asked them, “Why, what has He done that is evil?” But they screamed all the more, “Crucify Him!”

Luke 23:22

A third time he said to them, “Why, what wrong has He done? I have found no guilt [no crime, no offense] in Him demanding death; therefore I will punish Him [to teach Him a lesson] and release Him.”

John 18:35

Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their chief priests have handed You over to me. What have You done [that is worthy of death]?”

Acts 24:20

Or else let these men tell what crime they found [me guilty of] when I stood before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court),

Romans 3:7

But [as you might say] if through my lie God’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?

2 Corinthians 11:7

Or did I [perhaps] sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted and honored, because I preached God’s gospel to you free of charge?

1 Samuel 20:32

Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why must he be put to death? What has he done?”

Acts 25:5

“So,” he said, “let those who are in a position of authority among you go there with me, and if there is anything criminal about the man, let them bring charges against him.”

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not hold back;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

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