Overview
Sin originates in the human heart and separates us from God's holiness. Every person inherits a sinful nature from Adam and actively rebels against God's law. Scripture emphasizes that sin is not merely outward behavior but a condition of the soul requiring repentance and God's grace.
Key Scriptures
"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5, ESV). "The LORD abhors...hands that shed innocent blood" (Proverbs 6:16-19, ESV). "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them" (John 15:18-22, ESV).
Application
Regularly examine your heart for sin, confess it honestly to God, and trust Christ's forgiveness to transform your desires and actions toward obedience.
✦ Scripture References 40 references
Job 42:6
Ezekiel 20:43
Romans 12:9
Proverbs 6:16
Proverbs 6:17
Proverbs 6:18
Proverbs 6:19
Deuteronomy 25:16
Luke 12:47
John 15:22
Genesis 5:3
Job 15:14
Job 25:4
Psalms 51:5
Psalms 51:5
Genesis 6:5
Genesis 8:21
1 John 5:17
Exodus 34:7
Daniel 9:9
Micah 7:18
Mark 2:7
Romans 6:21
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Hebrews 12:1
Jeremiah 5:25
Isaiah 3:9
Romans 7:5
Romans 7:8
Romans 7:11
2 Peter 2:14
1 John 3:9
1 John 5:18
2 Corinthians 5:21
Hebrews 4:15
Hebrews 7:26
1 John 3:5
John 1:29
1 John 3:5
1 John 1:7
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 230 verses
Abhor themselves on account of
Abhorred
Abominates
Aggravated by neglecting advantages
All men are conceived and born in
All men are shapen in
All the imaginations of the unrenewed heart are
All unrighteousness is
Alone can forgive
Ashamed of having committed
Avoided even in appearance
Besetting
Blessings withheld on account of
Boast of
By its strictness stirs up
Cannot cease from
Cannot live in
Christ alone was without
Christ was manifested to take away
Christ's blood cleanses from
Christ's blood redeems from
Coming from the heart
Confessed
Confusion of face belongs to those guilty of
Curses those guilty of
Dead in
Dead to
Dead works
Death, the punishment of
Death, the wages of
Deceitful
Defiling
Defy God in committing
Delight in those who commit
Departed from
Disease
Disgraceful
Disquiet
Encourage themselves in
Encouraged in, by prosperity
Job 21:7
Job 21:8
Job 21:9
Job 21:10
Job 21:11
Job 21:12
Job 21:13
Job 21:14
Job 21:15
Proverbs 10:16
Entered into the world by Adam
Excludes from heaven
1 Corinthians 6:9
1 Corinthians 6:10
Ephesians 5:5
Galatians 5:19
Galatians 5:20
Galatians 5:21
Revelation 21:27
Excuse
Expect impunity in
Gives knowledge of
God has opened a fountain for
Guarded against
Guilt of concerning
Guilty of, in everything they do
Hated
Have yet the remains of, in them
Heap up
If we say that we have no, we make God a liar
Is of the devil
Is provoked to anger by
Is provoked to jealousy by
Is the strength of
Is the transgression of the law
Is transgressed by every
Led by despair to continue in
Like scarlet and crimson
Made free from
Made to restrain
Make a mock at
Marks
Ministers should warn the wicked to forsake
Mortified
Mourned over
No man can atone for
No man can cleanse himself from
No man is without
Often manifold
Often mighty
Often presumptuous
Often very great
Omission of what we know to be good is
Plead necessity for
Prayer hindered by
Profess to have ceased from
Punishes
Put away
Reaching to heaven
Rebellion against God
Recompenses
Remembers
Reproaching the Lord
Resolve against
Scripture concludes all under
Servants to
Shall bear the shame of
Shall find out the wicked
Shame
Shows exceeding sinfulness of
Sometimes open and manifest
Sometimes secret
Specially strive against besetting
Striven against
Tempt others to
1 Kings 16:2
1 Kings 21:25
Genesis 3:6
Proverbs 1:10
Proverbs 1:11
Proverbs 1:12
Proverbs 1:13
Proverbs 1:14
The abominable thing that God hates
The fear of God restrains
The fruit of lust
The ground was cursed on account of
The Holy Spirit convinces of
The sting of death
The thought of foolishness is
The word of God keeps from
Throw the blame of, on God
Throw the blame of, on others
To cleanse us from
To deliver us from
To forgive our
To keep us from
To make us know our
To search for, in our hearts
Toil and sorrow originated in
Try to conceal, from God
Whatever is not of faith is
When finished brings forth death
Wholly destroyed
Works of darkness