See Also: Forgive Forgiveness Guilt/Shame Sin, Consequences

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8) If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. (1 John 1:10) Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies. (Psalm 58:3) Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. (Job 5:7) Your first father sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me. (Isaiah 43:27) Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-- for before the law was given, sin was in the world. (Romans 5:12-13) Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the worst. (1 Timothy 1:15) There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins. (Ecclesiastes 7:20) All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. (Psalm 14:3) No one is good - except God alone. (Mark 10:18) But I will pass judgment on you because you say, "I have not sinned." (Jeremiah 2:35) Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"? (Proverbs 20:9) If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her. (John 8:7) For whoever keeps the whole law yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. (James 2:10) Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. (James 4:17) But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. (Romans 5:13) If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. (John 15:22) If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains. (John 9:41) I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. (Romans 7:18) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:23-24) So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. (Romans 7:21) Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. (Romans 7:20) Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression. (Psalm 19:13) Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. (Philippians 3:12) **Copyright, 2002, Brian Campbell (Permission is granted to copy for personal use only.)