What Does the Bible Say About Being Born in Sin?
Here are 9 Bible verses about Being Born in Sin, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
BSBSurely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- #2Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
BSBThe wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- #3Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
BSBfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- #4Romans 5:12
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:
BSBTherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- #5Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
BSBSurely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- #6Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
BSBWhen the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- #7Romans 5:19
For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
BSBFor just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- #8Romans 3:10
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
BSBAs it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
- #9Ephesians 2:3
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.
BSBAll of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).