Bible Verses About Sins
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for sins, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,610 votes, led by 1 John 1:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Sins
1 John 1:985 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 4:1764 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Matthew 12:3155 votes
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Romans 3:2350 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Galatians 5:19-2149 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Romans 6:2343 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Proverbs 28:1338 votes
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 1:1838 votes
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
1 John 1:730 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Psalms 32:529 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.
Acts 2:3828 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Psalms 69:525 votes
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
1 John 3:425 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John 5:1725 votes
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
Luke 12:1024 votes
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
2 Corinthians 5:1724 votes
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Psalms 25:1122 votes
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
John 8:3422 votes
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
Romans 5:822 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Exodus 34:721 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.
Matthew 5:2821 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Acts 3:1921 votes
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Mark 7:20-2320 votes
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Psalms 19:1219 votes
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Isaiah 64:619 votes
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
What does the Bible say about sins?
Readers most often cite 1 John 1:9 on the subject of sins. Across 1,610 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 4:17, Matthew 12:31, Romans 3:23. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.