'Sins' in the Bible

Then the Lord spoke about these people. "They truly love to go astray. They cannot keep from running away from me. So I am not pleased with them. I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done and punish them for their sins."

I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols."

and on the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

"'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb.

You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God who is known as the Lord who rules over all.

I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.

Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done."

Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done.

(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

"Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done.

So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.

"But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father's example.

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father's iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son's iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live.

Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?

"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because you have brought up your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force.

"And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you have said: "Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"'

"And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.'

None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt.

"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged."

O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.

The prophet is considered a fool -- the inspired man is viewed as a madman -- because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins.

The high places of the "House of Wickedness" will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.

"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

Because of Israel's sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.

He said, "What do you see, Amos?" I replied, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins.

All this is because of Jacob's rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! Where are Judah's pagan worship centers, you ask? They are right in Jerusalem!

You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea.

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven."

Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven' or to say, 'Stand up and walk'?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- then he said to the paralytic -- "Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home."

"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?"

for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."

"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," -- he said to the paralytic --

I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins."

to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

When Jesus saw their faith he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up and walk'?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralyzed man -- "I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home."

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little."

Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?"

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation."

Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained."

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins."

Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin a person commits is outside of the body" -- but the immoral person sins against his own body.

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.