Does Everyone Sin?

 

Biblical references...
Proverbs 6:6...
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 14:30... A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
Proverbs 28:13... Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Jeremiah 9:23-24... Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth.  For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
Matthew 5:28... But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mark 7:21-23...  For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.  All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
Romans 1:29-31... They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.  They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 
Romans 3:23-24... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 
Romans 12:19... Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
1st Corinthians 10:31... So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 
Galatians 5:19-21... Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, enmity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, orgies, drunkenness, and things like these.  I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:31... Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Ephesians 5:3-4... But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.  Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. 
Ephesians 5:16-18... making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.  And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Colossians 3:5... Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 
Colossians 3:8-9...
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.  Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 
1st Timothy 1:9-10... understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
2nd Timothy 2:22... So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2nd Timothy 3:1-5... But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.  For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.  Avoid such people.
Hebrews 13:5... Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 
James 4:16-17... As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.  So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Revelation 21:8... But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Discussion Thoughts...
The verses that everyone first mentions when referring to "sinning" is Romans 3:23-24... but there are many, many, many other verses!  Research shows us that there are indeed many, many more verses... some have projected that there are somewhere around 600 sins listed in the bible!  We will make no attempt to list all 600!!!

Many years ago (somewhere around 600AD) Pope Gregory compiled a list called "The Seven Deadly Sins"... Lust (Timothy 2:22), Gluttony (1st Corinthians 10:31), Greed (Hebrews 13:5), Sloth (Proverbs 6:6), Wrath (Romans 12:19), Envy (Proverbs 14:30), & Pride (Jeremiah 9:23-24).  Certainly a good list, but I disagree with his depiction of 1st Corinthians 10:31 as Gluttony... the verse says NOTHING about excessive eating!  (Also, it should be mentioned that nowhere in the Bible are these listed as "The Seven Deadly Sins"... they are simply a list compiled by Pope Gregory).  Pope Gregory also compiled a list of seven virtues to combat those sins.

Many sins are mentioned in the Bible... we will not go into detailed descriptions... we only list here a few of the verses and the sins they describe... Galatians 5:19-21 (sexual immorality, strife, impurity, enmity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, orgies, dissensions, divisions; envy, drunkenness).  1st Timothy 1:9-10... (lawless, disobedient, ungodly, sinners, unholy, profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, murderers, sexually immoral, homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers).  Mark 7:21-23... (evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, envy, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, slander, pride, foolishness).  Romans 1:29-31... (unrighteousness, evil, gossips, covetousness, malice, envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless).  Colossians 3:5... (sexual immorality, impurity, passion, covetousness, evil desire, idolatry).  Colossians 3:8-9... (anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene talk, lying)  Ephesians 5:3-4... (sexual immorality, impurity, covetousness, filthiness, foolish talk, crude joking).  Ephesians 5:16-18... (make best use of time, because days are evil, do not be foolish, do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery).  2nd Timothy 3:1-5... (lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure, appearance of godliness, but denying its power).  Proverbs 28:13... (Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy).  James 4:16-17... (Boasting is evil... and  whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin).  Matthew 5:28... (looking at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery in his heart).  Ephesians 4:31... (bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, malice).  Proverbs 6:6... (Sluggard, sloth). Revelation 21:8... (cowardly, faithless, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, liars).

Sins from above paragraph, alphabetical... abusive, adultery, anger, appearance of godliness but denying its power, arrogant, bad, bitterness, boasting, brutal, clamor, conceit, covetousness, cowardly, crude joking, debauchery, deceit, detestable, disobedient, dissensions, divisions, drunkenness, enmity, enslavers, envy, evil, evil desire, evil thoughts, faithless, filthiness, foolish talk, foolishness, gossips, haters of God, haughty, heartless, homosexuality, idolaters, idolatry, immorality, impurity, insolent, jealousy, knowing right but not doing it, lawless, liars, lust, lying, malice, maliciousness, money loving, murder, murderers, no self-control, obscene talk, orgies, passion, perjurers, pleasure lovers, pride, profane, proud, reckless, rivalries, ruthless, self loving, sensuality, sexual immoral, sinning, slander, slanderers, slanderous, sluggard, sloth, sorcerers, sorcery, strife, strikers theft, time wasting, transgression concealment, treacherous, unappeasable, ungodly, ungrateful, unholy, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrath.

Conclusion... there are many, many, many sins mentioned in the bible!!!  Many, many more than listed in the paragraph above!!!

My Beliefs...
I find it interesting that the verse that most people talk about, when referring to a scripture that talks about sin, is
Romans 3:23-24... which is talking in "past tense" of people who have sinned... what about the "sin" we will commit today and tomorrow and the day after that?... that's what the list above is about!  The conclusion reached above, in the discussion section, is that there are many, many, many sins mentioned in the bible!
The answer to the question "Does Everyone Sin" is YES with one exception... the only person who never sinned was Jesus Christ!
So, this brings us to the question... how can we be forgiven of the sin we commit tomorrow and the next day and days after that?...
There are answers!  Please read our studies "Gods Grace" and "How Can Our Daily Sins be Forgiven?" and "How Do I Know If I Am Saved"

 

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