58 Bible Verses about Sinners

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1 Kings 8:46

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin—
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country—
whether distant or nearby—

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, as it is written:

There is no one righteous, not even one.
There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
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All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.
Their throat is an open grave;
they deceive with their tongues.
Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
and the path of peace they have not known.
There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

Psalm 25:8-10

The Lord is good and upright;
therefore He shows sinners the way.
He leads the humble in what is right
and teaches them His way.
All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep His covenant and decrees.

1 Kings 8:30

Hear the petition of Your servant
and Your people Israel,
which they pray toward this place.
May You hear in Your dwelling place in heaven.
May You hear and forgive.

Luke 15:1

All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Him.

Deuteronomy 23:17-18

“No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute. Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the Lord your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 15:18

and then sent you on a mission and said: ‘Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.’

Luke 3:12

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Luke 7:37-38

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.

Galatians 2:15

We who are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners”

1 Peter 4:18

And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty,
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?

Proverbs 11:31

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.

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2 Peter 2:5-6

and if He didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; and if He reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes and condemned them to ruin, making them an example to those who were going to be ungodly;

Luke 7:39

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Proverbs 1:10-16

My son, if sinners entice you,
don’t be persuaded.
If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!
Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit.
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We’ll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder.
Throw in your lot with us,
and we’ll all share our money”—
my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,
because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.

Psalm 104:35

May sinners vanish from the earth
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, praise Yahweh!
Hallelujah!

Psalm 109:6-20

Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.
Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.
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Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.
Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far from their demolished homes.
Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.
Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.
Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.
Let his ancestors’ guilt
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.
Let their sins always remain before the Lord,
and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.
He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.
Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.
Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.

Psalm 137:7-9

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said
that day at Jerusalem:
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!”
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality, no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

Proverbs 13:21-22

Disaster pursues sinners,
but good rewards the righteous. A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Psalm 1:5

Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

Isaiah 1:28

But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed,
and those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 13:9

Look, the day of the Lord is coming—
cruel, with rage and burning anger—
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy the sinners on it.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”

Jeremiah 4:18

Your way of life and your actions
have brought this on you.
This is your punishment. It is very bitter,
because it has reached your heart!

Amos 9:10

All the sinners among My people
who say: “Disaster will never overtake
or confront us,”
will die by the sword.

Isaiah 66:24

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

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Sinners » Pardon of » Promised

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

Sinners » Disowned » Misery of

Job 15:20

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

1 Samuel 28:15

“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Samuel asked Saul.

“I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

Sinners » Pardon of » Sought

Psalm 51:1

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.

2 Samuel 24:10

David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away Your servant’s guilt.”

Exodus 34:9

Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Even though this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wrongdoing and sin, and accept us as Your own possession.”

Sinners » Salvation » Of God

Sinners » Conditions of » The gift of God

Sinners » Conditions of » Sought

Psalm 54:1

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”God, save me by Your name,
and vindicate me by Your might!

1 Chronicles 16:35

And say: “Save us, God of our salvation;
gather us and rescue us from the nations
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

More verses: Psalm 106:4 Psalm 119:41

Sinners » Conditions of » Possible to all men

Romans 5:18

So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification for everyone.

Titus 2:11-12

For the grace of God has appeared, with salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age,

More verses: Luke 3:6 Romans 10:13

Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief

Job 20:5

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

Ecclesiastes 2:10

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.

Isaiah 16:10

Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard;
no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.
No one tramples grapes in the winepresses.
I have put an end to the shouting.

More verses: James 4:9

Sinners » Conditions of » Promised

Luke 19:9

“Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.

Isaiah 45:17

Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will not be put to shame or humiliated
for all eternity.

More verses: Acts 11:14

Sinners » Conditions of » Faith and confession

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

Sinners » Conditions of » Free

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of esau, it may be done under the impulse of the moment

Hebrews 12:16-17

And see that there isn't any immoral or irreverent person like Esau, who sold his birthright in exchange for one meal. For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn't find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

Genesis 25:32-33

"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?" Jacob said, "Swear to me first." So he swore to Jacob and sold his birthright to him.

Sinners » Salvation » His blood avails

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of ahab, it may be prompted by others

1 Kings 21:7

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “So, you have caught me, my enemy.”

He replied, “I have caught you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

Sinners » Sin » Drink

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.

Daniel 5:1-2

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence. Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.

Sinners » Salvation » Only through Christ

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation.

Sinners » Conditions of » Spiritual cleansing

Sinners » Sin » Herod » foolish promise

Matthew 14:6-10

But when Herod's birthday celebration came, Herodias' daughter danced before them and pleased Herod. So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. And prompted by her mother, she answered, "Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter!" read more.
Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests. So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of samson, it may be done reluctantly

Judges 16:16-17

Because she nagged him day after day and pled with him until she wore him out, he told her the whole truth and said to her, "My hair has never been cut, because I am a Nazirite to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man."

Sinners » Conditions of » Spiritual diligence

2 Peter 1:10-11

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret

Genesis 4:8-10

Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's guardian?" Then He said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground!

Sinners » Sin » Judas » approval » Authorities

Mark 14:10-11

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to hand Him over to them. And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him silver. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him.

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of joseph's brethren, it may be years before its discovery

Genesis 42:21

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Sinners » Conditions of » Endurance

Sinners » Salvation » At his coming

Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of achan, it may be well covered up

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

Sinners » Salvation » For the obedient

Sinners » Sin » Pilate » gratify » public

Sinners » Sin » Jews » Ignorance

Sinners » Conditions of » Spiritual receptivity

Sinners » Salvation » His grace sufficient

Acts 15:11

On the contrary, we believe we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”

Sinners » Salvation » The only saviour

Sinners » Salvation » The only door

Titles and names of the wicked » Sinners

Psalm 26:9

Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed

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