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What Does the Bible Say About Separation from God?

Here are 10 Bible verses about Separation from God, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Isaiah 59:1-2

    Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

    BSBSurely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

  2. #22 Thessalonians 1:9

    Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

    BSBThey will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

  3. #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,

  4. #4Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

    BSBWe all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

  5. #5Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

    BSBFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  6. #6John 3:3

    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

    BSBJesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

  7. #7Romans 8:38-39

    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    BSBFor I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  8. #8John 3:36

    He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

    BSBWhoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

  9. #9Romans 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.

  10. #10Isaiah 59:2

    But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

    BSBBut your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

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