Quotes about Sin

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.