Below is our full list of bible verses on original sin (King James Version – KJV) provided in ranked order.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Original Sin
Romans 5:12
“12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
Related Themes: Trespassing Sin Afterlife Glorification
Psalm 51:5
“5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
Related Themes: Sin Accountability Repentance
1 John 1:8-10
“8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
Related Themes: Telling The Truth Sin Morality Forgiveness Morals
Genesis 3:22
“22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Ezekiel 18:20
“20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”
Related Themes: Social Justice Hell Personal Responsibility Responsibility Accountability
Romans 3:10-18
“10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:17 And the way of peace have they not known:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Related Themes: All Sins Being Equal Vindictiveness Glorification Righteousness Resentment
Isaiah 59:2
“2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”
Related Themes: Discernment Prayer Unanswered Prayer Sin Omnipresence
Ezekiel 18:4
“4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
Deuteronomy 1:39
“39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.”
Related Themes: Accountability
Psalm 14:2-3
“2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
Related Themes: Self Seeking
Ephesians 2:1-3
“1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”
Related Themes: Trespassing Lust Morality New Life
Romans 3:23
“23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Related Themes: Sin Trespassing Forgiveness Lust Holiness
Romans 7:9-11
“9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.”
Ecclesiastes 7:29
“29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
Related Themes: Earth
Jeremiah 17:9
“9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Related Themes: Reaping Lust Heart Reputation Heart
Job 31:18
“18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)”
Genesis 2:17
“17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Romans 6:23
“23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Related Themes: Life Hell Repentance Sin Omnipotence
James 1:13
“13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:”
Romans 6:12
“12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
Related Themes: Lust Impurity Self-Control Temptation Flesh
Ephesians 2:3
“3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”
Related Themes: Lust Indulgence Trespassing Retribution
Psalm 58:3
“3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”
Romans 2:14-15
“14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)”
Related Themes: Morality Abomination Conscience Morals
Matthew 19:14
“14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Related Themes: Children Learning Education Telling The Truth
Job 15:14
“14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?”
James 4:17
“17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
Related Themes: Sin Adultery Gossip Procrastination Laziness
Genesis 8:21
“21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”
Related Themes: Youth
1 John 1:9
“9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Related Themes: Repentance Forgiveness Bitterness Lust Attitude
John 3:6
“6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Related Themes: Glorification Flesh
Galatians 5:19-21
“19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Related Themes: Lust Abomination Lust Bitterness Adultery
