8 Bible Verses about Fall Of Man

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?

You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and that from before birth you were called a rebel.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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

But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

"If they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" read more.
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned--

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD.

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one." "Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips." "Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness." read more.
"Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery,

but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself."

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks injustice like water!

They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips." "Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born a man!