Bible Verses about “original sin”
The Bible contains 25 verses about original sin across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
“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:”
“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.”
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
“¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
“Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
“¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;”
“The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”
“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
“Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”
“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”
“They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
“Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:”
“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
“Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:”
“Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:”
“Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:”
“And the way of peace have they not known:”
“The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.”
“They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.”
“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.”
“Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.”
“This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.”