Bible Verses About Consequences
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for consequences, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,168 votes, led by Galatians 6:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Consequences
Galatians 6:7181 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:7-8137 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
James 2:1093 votes
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Hebrews 12:1178 votes
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Jeremiah 17:9-1062 votes
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Romans 13:458 votes
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
2 Peter 3:952 votes
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6850 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Romans 6:2346 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Proverbs 29:1541 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 22:640 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
1 Timothy 5:837 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Isaiah 59:234 votes
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
2 Samuel 12:1-1425 votes
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
Proverbs 25:2624 votes
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Exodus 22:1-421 votes
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
1 John 1:921 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Kings 11:9-1320 votes
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
Ephesians 6:419 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Exodus 22:7-917 votes
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
Ecclesiastes 9:1017 votes
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Matthew 27:3-517 votes
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
1 Corinthians 6:18-2017 votes
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Daniel 12:315 votes
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Matthew 25:4613 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
What does the Bible say about consequences?
Readers most often cite Galatians 6:7 on the subject of consequences. Across 1,168 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 6:7-8, James 2:10, Hebrews 12:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.