21 occurrences

'Iniquity' in the Bible

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

and he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Removal OfLipsSin, Deliverance From GodTouchCoal, Uses OfPurgingTouching For HealingOther References To Mouths

Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheFruits Of SinParents SinSins Of The FathersMassacresDadsGuilt

And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts: Assuredly this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfGod Not Forgiving

For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBlood, as symbol of guiltBlood, as basis of lifePunishment, By GodReward, DivineSin, God's Judgment OnVeilsSin Made Known

By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.

Verse ConceptsCrushingJacob, The PatriarchMineralsStonesServing Asherah

For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off,

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toMockeryInfidelity To GodUncharitablenessWatching To EntrapPeople EndedScoffersmockers

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.

Verse ConceptsSin, God's Judgment OnWallsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionSuddenlyThings Falling

But he also is wise, and he bringeth evil, and recalleth not his words; and he will arise against the house of evildoers, and against the help of workers of iniquity.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstGod, Wisdom OfEvildoersGod ArisingGod Changing His Mind

for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsSin, Deliverance From GodHealth PromisedGod Will ForgiveBenefits Of HeavenSicknessIllnessHealth And Healing

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her time of suffering is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she hath received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodJerusalem, Significance OfPunishment, Nature OfRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeSensitivityDouble PenaltyGod Has ForgivenTime Of PeaceJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofSin, Nature OfCharacter Of WickedHow Sin Comes With AfflictionsGod HidingCovetousnessGreed

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:

Verse ConceptsFingersBlemishBlood, Figurative UseLipsThe Lips Of The WickedTongueWhy Prayer Is UnansweredUnanswered PrayerKilling Many People

none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Verse ConceptsemptinessUnreliabilityCharacter Of Wicked

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Verse ConceptsViolenceGarments

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths;

Verse ConceptsFeetevil, origins ofInnocence, Teaching OnCharacter Of WickedInnocent BloodSheddingPaths Of The WickedDestructionThoughts Of The WickedReady To Kill

Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Verse ConceptsGod ForgettingLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgivenessmeasurement

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