The best Bible verses for sin (NIV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for sin (NIV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins."Isaiah 40:2
"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins."Isaiah 40:2
"Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?"Isaiah 40:21
"Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."James 1:15
"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 I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father."John 15:24
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."Matthew 5:29
"And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."Matthew 5:30
"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."Matthew 6:14
"Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord."Psalms 27:6
"because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death."Romans 8:2
"in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit."Romans 8:4
"Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires."Romans 8:5
"The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;"Romans 8:6
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for sin (NIV) are Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 40:21, James 1:15. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to sin (NIV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for sin (NIV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.