25 Bible Verses about Avoiding Sin

The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,

If we confess our sins, God may be trusted, in his righteousness, to forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.

He, then, who knows what is right but fails to do it--that is sin in him.

Do not be deceived. 'Good character is marred by evil company.'

I urge you, Brothers, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them.

I tell you that men will be forgiven everything--their sins, and all the slanders that they utter; but whoever slanders the Holy Spirit remains unforgiven to the end; he has to answer for an enduring sin."

No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

Every one who lives sinfully is living in violation of Law. Sin is violation of Law.

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency, Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, Feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the Kingdom of God.

No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.

I, however, say to you that any one who looks at a woman with an impure intention has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Therefore, my dear friends, shun the worship of idols.

Flee from the passions of youth, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, in the company of those who, with a pure heart, invoke the Lord.

Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature.

Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many; For small is the gate, and narrow the road, that leads to Life, and those that find it are few.

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And then I shall say to them plainly 'I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.'

Blessed will they be who wash their robes, that they may have the right to approach the Tree of Life, and may enter the City by the gates.

For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be cured. Great is the power of a good man's fervent prayer.

Shun every form of evil.

Then I heard another voice from Heaven saying--'Come out of her, my People, that you may not participate in her sins, and that you may not suffer from the Curses inflicted upon her.

Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.