8 Bible Verses about Fall Of Man

This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity (futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).

You were in the past alienated and enemies because your minds were on your evil works.

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

They who live according to flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh. They who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. The mind of sinful flesh (fleshly thought) means death; but the mind influenced by the Spirit gives life and peace. This is because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God. It is not subject to the law of God for it cannot be.

The man and his wife heard the sound (voice) of Jehovah God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. They hid from Jehovah, among the trees of the garden.

They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born. They speak lies.

You were in the past alienated and enemies because your minds were on your evil works.

Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!

Jehovah smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, for the intent of his heart is evil from childhood. I will never again destroy every living creature, as I have done.

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from listening (obeying) to me.

Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

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

How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you have acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.

That which is born from the flesh is flesh and that which is born from the Spirit is spirit.

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

But the Scriptures shut up (imprisoned) (pictured) all things (mankind) under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

They may sin against you, for everyone sins. You may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy far or near who takes them to another country as captives.

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

Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived fell into transgression.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Christ.

Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals Jehovah God had made. He said to the woman: Did God really say, you must not eat from any tree in the garden? The woman said to the serpent: We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden. However, God did say: 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not touch it, or you will die.' read more.
You will not die, the serpent said to the woman. God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. Then you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world, and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have sinned.

In Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?

Who can say: I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?

If you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness, says the Lord Jehovah.

God saw how corrupt the earth had become. All the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.

All have turned away from God; they have all done wrong. No one does what is right, not even one. (Psalm 53:3) Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9) Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. (Psalm 10:7) read more.
Their feet are swift to shed blood. (Proverbs 1:15) Destruction and misery are in their ways. (Isaiah 59:7)

However I see a different law at work in my body. This law fights against the law that my mind approves of. It makes me a prisoner to the law of sin that is at work in my body.

I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. You once presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to sin. Now you present your members as servants to righteousness and sanctification (purification) (holiness).

When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

The result of one trespass was condemnation for all men. The result of righteousness was justification (acquittal), which brings life for all men.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

They say the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, and are rescued in the day of wrath?

When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

As is the earthy so are those who are of the earth. And as is the heavenly, so are those who are of heaven. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Since the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also took part of the same things, that through death he might destroy him that had the power to cause death, [Satan] the Devil. And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

They should come to their senses out of the snare of the Devil. He has taken them captive and they do his will.

There is no man on earth who is righteous and does not sin.

The Scriptures say: There is no one who is righteous,

You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.

You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened. They realized they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. The man and his wife heard the sound (voice) of Jehovah God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. They hid from Jehovah, among the trees of the garden.

He (Adam) answered: I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.

You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.

He said to the woman: I will greatly increase your pains in childbirth; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.

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

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Jehovah saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

I know that good does not live in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.

They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin! They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of covetousness. They are children of cursing.

He always succeeds at what he does. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He scoffs at all his opponents.

And I will put enmity (hostility) (hatred) between you and the woman, and between your offspring (seed) and hers. He will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) you in the head, and you will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) him in the heel. (Romans 16:20)

For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!

Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9) Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. (Psalm 10:7)

They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart.

We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.

After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Jehovah looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God. Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.

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

There is no respect (reverence) for God before their eyes. (Psalm 36:1)

We are all like sheep. We have gone astray! Each of us has turned to his own way. Jehovah has caused the iniquity (sin) of all of us to be laid on him.

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

An empty headed man can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man.