Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Synonyms for Sin : crime, offence – UK, offense – US, wrongdoing, error, lapse, misdeed, misdemeanour – UK, transgression, misdoing, scandal, violation, and wrong

Genesis 4:7 (ESV)
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

Psalms 66:17-19 (ESV)
I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue. 18. If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19. But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Psalms 119:11 (ESV)
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Proverbs 1:10 (ESV)
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18. a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19. a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 10:12 (ESV)
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Proverbs 10:16 (ESV)
The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 11:31 (ESV)
If the righteous is repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 13:6 (ESV)
Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but sin overthrows the wicked.

Proverbs 13:21 (ESV)
Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.

Proverbs 14:9 (ESV)
Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

Proverbs 14:34 (ESV)
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

Proverbs 28:13 (ESV)
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Isaiah 1:18 (ESV)
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord : though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 43:25 (ESV)
“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 44:22 (ESV)
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah 33:8 (ESV)
I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

Matthew 18:9 (ESV)
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

Matthew 26:28-29 (ESV)
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Luke 12:10 (ESV)
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

John 9:1-3 (ESV)
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3. Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Romans 3:23-24 (ESV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24. and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Romans 6:12 (ESV)
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.

1 John 4:10 (ESV)
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 5:16-17 (ESV)
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

1 John 5:18 (ESV)
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Revelation 1:5 (ESV)
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

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