25 Bible Verses about Avoiding Sin

Sin's wage is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.

All have sinned, all come short of the glory of God,

if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all iniquity;

[follows 2:26] Whoever, then, knows what is right to do and does not do it, that is a sin for him.

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

Brothers, I beg of you to keep your eye on those who stir up dissensions and put hindrances in your way, contrary to the doctrine which you have been taught. Avoid them.

I tell you truly, the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins, and all the blasphemies they may utter, but whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit is never forgiven, he is guilty of an eternal sin."

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness: sin is lawlessness,

Now the deeds of the flesh are quite obvious, such as sexual vice, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Shun idolatry, then, my beloved.

So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart.

Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,

I mean, lead the life of the Spirit; then you will never satisfy the passions of the flesh.

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way. But the road that leads to life is both narrow and close, and there are few who find it.

"Repent," said Peter, "let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit.

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

for no person will be acquitted in his sight on the score of obedience to law. What the Law imparts is the consciousness of sin.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed; the prayers of the righteous have a powerful effect.

and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.

And I heard another voice from heaven crying, "Come out of her, O my people, that you share not her sins, that you partake not of her plagues:

Everyone also who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven for it, but he who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven.