Bible Verses About The Seven Deadly Sins
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the seven deadly sins, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 11,119 votes, led by Proverbs 6:16-19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Seven Deadly Sins
Proverbs 6:16-19671 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
1 John 1:9318 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 6:23284 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Hebrews 13:5279 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Colossians 3:8261 votes
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Matthew 6:24247 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Galatians 5:19-21224 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
James 2:8200 votes
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
James 2:10187 votes
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Matthew 7:7176 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Acts 20:35176 votes
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
John 3:16169 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.
Galatians 5:22160 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 Corinthians 6:9-11159 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
James 1:20156 votes
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Exodus 20:17154 votes
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Revelation 20:1-15146 votes
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Jeremiah 29:11145 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Ezekiel 18:4138 votes
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Luke 11:9131 votes
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
1 Corinthians 15:58129 votes
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Revelation 1:1-20124 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Proverbs 16:18119 votes
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
1 John 5:13-17116 votes
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Leviticus 20:13114 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
What does the Bible say about the seven deadly sins?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 6:16-19 on the subject of the seven deadly sins. Across 11,119 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 1:9, Romans 6:23, Hebrews 13:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.