Bible Verses About The Consequences of Sin
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the consequences of sin, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,893 votes, led by Romans 6:23. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Consequences of Sin
Romans 6:23294 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Galatians 6:7-8206 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Isaiah 59:2160 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.
Romans 5:12146 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:
Proverbs 14:12117 votes
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Mark 9:43117 votes
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Ezekiel 18:20111 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.
1 John 1:9111 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:495 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Jude 1:777 votes
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Romans 3:2361 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1 Peter 2:1-2561 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2 Peter 2:460 votes
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Genesis 3:1-2055 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
John 3:1653 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:345 votes
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Psalms 38:344 votes
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
Matthew 25:4644 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Psalms 66:1841 votes
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
2 Thessalonians 1:938 votes
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Acts 5:1-1131 votes
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
James 4:1731 votes
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
1 John 2:1130 votes
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Numbers 32:2329 votes
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Mark 9:4728 votes
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
What does the Bible say about the consequences of sin?
Readers most often cite Romans 6:23 on the subject of the consequences of sin. Across 2,893 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 6:7-8, Isaiah 59:2, Romans 5:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.