'Iniquity' in the Bible

Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”

So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

He said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession.”

So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.

So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.

‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me—

I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make amends for their iniquity,

For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes.

the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’

Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.

Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the Lord,

Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’”

For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,He has also rejected you from being king.”

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?”

I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “O my lord, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”

Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me still to be there.”’ Now therefore, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death.”

“I was also blameless toward Him,And I kept myself from my iniquity.

Now David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly’;

Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders.

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquityAnd those who sow trouble harvest it.

“Oh that my grief were actually weighedAnd laid in the balances together with my calamity!

“Why then do You not pardon my transgressionAnd take away my iniquity?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

And show you the secrets of wisdom!For sound wisdom has two sides.Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

“For He knows false men,And He sees iniquity without investigating.

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,And You wrap up my iniquity.

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

“They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,And their mind prepares deception.”

“The heavens will reveal his iniquity,And the earth will rise up against him.

“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’Let God repay him so that he may know it.

“Is it not calamity to the unjustAnd disaster to those who work iniquity?

“For that would be a lustful crime;Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment,For I would have denied God above.

“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,And walks with wicked men?

“There is no darkness or deep shadowWhere the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Teach me what I do not see;If I have done iniquity,I will not do it again’?

The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;You hate all who do iniquity.

Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

I was also blameless with Him,And I kept myself from my iniquity.

For Your name’s sake, O Lord,Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Do not drag me away with the wickedAnd with those who work iniquity,Who speak peace with their neighbors,While evil is in their hearts.

For my life is spent with sorrowAnd my years with sighing;My strength has failed because of my iniquity,And my body has wasted away.

How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

I acknowledged my sin to You,And my iniquity I did not hide;I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.

For it flatters him in his own eyesConcerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

There the doers of iniquity have fallen;They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

For I confess my iniquity;I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;You consume as a moth what is precious to him;Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

Why should I fear in days of adversity,When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquityAnd cleanse me from my sin.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,And in sin my mother conceived me.

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

Deliver me from those who do iniquityAnd save me from men of bloodshed.

You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,Awake to punish all the nations;Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,From the tumult of those who do iniquity,

Add iniquity to their iniquity,And may they not come into Your righteousness.

But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;And often He restrained His angerAnd did not arouse all His wrath.

You forgave the iniquity of Your people;You covered all their sin. Selah.

Then I will punish their transgression with the rodAnd their iniquity with stripes.

That when the wicked sprouted up like grassAnd all who did iniquity flourished,It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

For, behold, Your enemies, O Lord,For, behold, Your enemies will perish;All who do iniquity will be scattered.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

We have sinned like our fathers,We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Many times He would deliver them;They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,And so sank down in their iniquity.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Establish my footsteps in Your word,And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,The Lord will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.Peace be upon Israel.

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,To practice deeds of wickednessWith men who do iniquity;And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,But ruin to the workers of iniquity.

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

A rascally witness makes a mockery of justice,And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity.

The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,But is terror to the workers of iniquity.

He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,And the rod of his fury will perish.

Alas, sinful nation,People weighed down with iniquity,Offspring of evildoers,Sons who act corruptly!They have abandoned the Lord,They have despised the Holy One of Israel,They have turned away from Him.

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,Incense is an abomination to Me.New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,And sin as if with cart ropes;

He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.”

Thus I will punish the world for its evilAnd the wicked for their iniquity;I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proudAnd abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.

“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughterBecause of the iniquity of their fathers.They must not arise and take possession of the earthAnd fill the face of the world with cities.”

But the Lord of hosts revealed Himself to me,“Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven youUntil you die,” says the Lord God of hosts.

For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His placeTo punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover her slain.

Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be forgiven;And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin:When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.