Bible Verses About Iniquity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for iniquity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 678 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 Iniquity
Psalms 51:560 votes
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Exodus 34:755 votes
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
1 John 1:950 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ezekiel 18:2036 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.
Matthew 7:21-2333 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
1 John 2:233 votes
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Isaiah 53:528 votes
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:628 votes
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 31:3426 votes
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Psalms 89:3225 votes
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Job 11:13-2024 votes
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Proverbs 5:2223 votes
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Romans 10:1323 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Psalms 25:1-2220 votes
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
2 Peter 3:920 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.
Psalms 32:519 votes
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
1 John 3:418 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 Samuel 3:1417 votes
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
Psalms 66:1816 votes
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Matthew 24:1216 votes
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
2 Timothy 2:1914 votes
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Exodus 20:613 votes
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
2 Timothy 3:16-1713 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Leviticus 17:1612 votes
But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
Deuteronomy 32:412 votes
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
What does the Bible say about iniquity?
Readers most often cite Psalms 51:5 on the subject of iniquity. Across 678 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 34:7, 1 John 1:9, Ezekiel 18:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.