Bible Verses About Being Born in Sin
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being born in sin, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,331 votes, led by Psalms 51:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Born in Sin
Psalms 51:5469 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 58:3320 votes
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Romans 3:23288 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 5:12280 votes
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:
Ecclesiastes 7:20248 votes
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Genesis 8:21168 votes
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.
Romans 5:19149 votes
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans 3:10129 votes
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Ephesians 2:3120 votes
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.
Jeremiah 17:9107 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
1 John 3:4105 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Ezekiel 28:15100 votes
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
1 John 1:1097 votes
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 Corinthians 15:2291 votes
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 John 1:991 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 6:2387 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ezekiel 18:2076 votes
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.
Job 14:475 votes
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
James 4:1775 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Hebrews 4:1573 votes
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Job 15:14-1671 votes
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Genesis 6:568 votes
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Job 15:1468 votes
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Romans 5:867 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Matthew 18:364 votes
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
What does the Bible say about being born in sin?
Readers most often cite Psalms 51:5 on the subject of being born in sin. Across 6,331 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 58:3, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.