227 occurrences

'Iniquity' in the Bible

And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Verse ConceptsBad ParentsGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Zeal OfHatredReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnGod, JealousIdolatry Consists OfParents SinForbidden WorshipSins Of The FathersBowing To False GodsAvoiding IdolatryHating GodWorshipping Material Thingsnegativity

And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all gifts of their holy things; and it shall be continually on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodForeheadsIncurring GuiltSubstitutionWelcomed By God

And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltOrdinancesTentsDeath Due To God's Presence

keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardPunishment, Nature OfUnforgivenessParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving God

and said, If indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in our midst; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for an inheritance!

Verse ConceptsPrayer, For OthersStiffnecked PeopleNecksSelf WillGod Goes With YouGod Forgive!

And if any one sin, and hear the voice of adjuration, and he is a witness whether he hath seen or known it, if he do not give information, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceSin BearerWitnesses, LegalAdjurationGuiltResponsibilityWitnessingSwearingMoralityRemoving People From Your LifeMaking Mistakestestimonypartnershipconsequencestestifyingperformance

And if any one sin and do against any of all the commandments of Jehovah what should not be done, and hath not known it, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfGuilt OfferingResponsibility, To GodSin BearerBearingIgnorance Of EvilIgnorance of God

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offering be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, it shall not be reckoned to him that hath presented it; it shall be an unclean thing, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, Of WorshipThree Days

Why have ye not eaten the sin-offering in a holy place? for it is most holy, and he has given it to you that ye might bear the iniquity of the assembly, to make atonement for them before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltSin BearerFood For Priests DefinedWhy Do People Not Do This?Priests Atoning

And if he wash them not nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsRetributionSin, Effects OfPolluting The LandDefilementovereating

And he that eateth it shall bear his iniquity; for he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.

Verse ConceptsProfanitySacrilegeThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And if a man take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, that is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIncurring GuiltSexual Sin, Nature OfSistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMothers And Daughters

And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover; for he hath laid naked his near relation: they shall bear their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness Uncovered

and cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass when they eat their holy things; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them.

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltI Am The LordMaking People Holy

And they that remain of you shall waste away through their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also through the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheOffspringParents SinPeople RottingSurvivors Threatened

And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me,

Verse ConceptsTreacherySin ConfessedConfession of sinForgiving Yourselfconfessingactinggrandfathers

so that I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,

Verse ConceptsHumilityGod OpposingUncircumcised In Heart

For the land shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, when it is in desolation without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my judgments, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

Verse ConceptsAbhorRejection Of God

Then shall the man be free from iniquity, but that woman shall bear her iniquity.

Verse ConceptsFound GuiltyNot Guiltyconsequences

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheAbundant MercyGenerationsChildren, responsibilities to parentsGod, Patience OfReliabilityRestraintUnforgivenessLongsuffering Of GodParents SinSins Of The FathersA Forgiving GodSpeed Of God's AngerLove And ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessParents LoveParents Being Wrong

Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod Forgive!Love And Forgivenessgreatness

For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesOffencePriesthood, In OtFathers Responsibilitiesconnection

But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltOffenceOrdinancesNo Earthly Inheritance

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

Verse ConceptsShoutingTheocracyGod With YouGroups ShoutingNatural Disasters

But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

Verse ConceptsGenerationsGod's attitude towards peopleGod, Zeal OfSin, God's Judgment OnIdolatry Consists OfGod, JealousSins Of The FathersAvoiding IdolatryDo Not Have Other godsHating God

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalConfirmationThree WitnessesdisagreementsMurderProof, As EvidenceRightsWitnesses, LegalOnly One PersonNot AloneTwo Or ThreeGuiltWitnessingBeing Singletestimonytestifyingaccusations

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us? from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the assembly of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPurifying Oneself

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing? and wrath fell on all the assembly of Israel, and he perished not alone in his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofUnfaithfulness, To GodNot AloneUnder The Ban

For I have declared to him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Kidsdiscipline, in the familyOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrder In The HomeRestraintReprobates

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTPriesthood, In OtGod Swearing Harm

And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill MeWhat Sin?

Deal kindly then with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsKindnessLoyaltyNegotiationTreatyApproval To Kill OneselfWhat Sin?

and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let the iniquity be; but let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

Verse ConceptsFeetBowing Before David

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;

Verse ConceptsFloggingdiscipline, divineChastisementKnowing God, Effects OfLordship, Human And DivinePunishment, By GodSons Of GodSpiritual AdoptionAdoptionParents Being Wrong

And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me.

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingOthers SummoningApproval To Kill Oneself

And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsNot Guilty

And I was upright before him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfBeggarsGuilt, Human Aspects OfKnowledge, Of SinRegretRepentance, Examples OfFoolish PeopleWe Have Sinned

And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!

Verse ConceptsIntercessionSelf CondemnationSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersIntercessory PrayerSeeing AngelsGod Opposing

and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;

Verse ConceptsWe Have Sinned

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son?

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldGod Remembering SinWhat Have We In Common?Attempting To Kill Specific PeopleMan Of Godremembrance

And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofGood TidingsDaybreakGood NewsUntil DaybreakThose Who Did Not TellWe Have SinnedDoing The Right Thing

And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; and now, I beseech thee, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfBeggarsGuilt, Human Aspects OfRegretRepentance, Examples OfServanthood, In Life Of BelieversFoolish People

and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;

And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismBribery, Is SinAcceptance Of BribesGod, Justice OfGod, Impartiality OfReverence, And Social BehaviourMagistrates

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.

Verse ConceptsCoveringUnforgivenessGod Not ForgivingGuiltAnger And Forgiveness

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

Verse ConceptsOffenceSleep, And DeathAcquittalIndividuals Passing AwayGod Not ForgivingLife Cut Short

That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

Verse ConceptsNot Guilty

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureGod Gives WisdomWisdomLight

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Verse ConceptsTentsForsaking SinSteadfastnessInjustice

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsCoveringBagsSealsStoringGod Has Forgiven

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

Verse ConceptsGoadsShrewdnessCraftiness

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureMischief

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSin Made KnownThe Universe Affected

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

Verse ConceptsPunishment of the The Wicked

For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges:

Verse ConceptsAdultery

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfDenying God

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

Verse ConceptsHiding SinsGuilt

I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual UsePride, Examples OfPlea Of InnocenceGuiltdisobedience

And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinEvildoersCompanionship

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Verse ConceptsBlackShadowsHiding From God

And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Verse ConceptsEvil AssociationsChrist Driving Out PeopleGod HearingGod Paid Attention To Me

Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?InjusticeGuilt

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

Verse ConceptsPregnancyMalice Of The Wicked

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorantatheism

And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedEvil PlansPeace, In The WickedMischiefEvil AssociationsTaking Other PeopleNo Peace

For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForAgony, Of BodyGriefSighingI Am SadCauses of failure ingrieving

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidencePride, Results OfFlatteryFlattery, Used By The WickedBeing Found OutHate

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersDownfall

When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? --

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFreed From FearBad Daysvulnerability

{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Verse ConceptsAgnosticismFools, Characteristics OfCorruption, Of HumanityHeart, Of Unregenerate PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSkepticismFools, Description OfAtheism, Description OfGod Not ExistingFools Attitude To GodNothing GoodAll Have SinnedMoral Decay

Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

Verse ConceptsInsultsEnemy Attacksoppressionpressureharassment

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

Verse ConceptsWallsWalled TownsLabour Day And NightAbuse

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With The Nations

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersReady To KillProtection From Enemies

Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

Verse ConceptsTreacheryGod Waking UpPsalm InterjectionsPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors

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Definition
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און 
'aven 
Usage: 79

הוּה 
Havvah 
Usage: 16

עוה 
`avah 
Usage: 17

עלה עולה עולה עול עול 
`evel 
Usage: 53

עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

עלוה 
`alvah 
Usage: 1

רשׁע 
Resha` 
Usage: 30

G92
ἀδίκημα 
Adikema 
Usage: 3

G93
ἀδικία 
Adikia 
Usage: 20

ἀνομία 
Anomia 
Usage: 10

παρανομία 
Paranomia 
Usage: 1

πονηρία 
Poneria 
Usage: 5