Sin (3/6)

Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains… Proverbs 10:19

Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent,
but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent.
Proverbs 10:19 speaking
Do not love the world
or what is in the world.
If anyone does love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15 love Father world

I treasure your word in my heart
for fear that I may sin against you.
Psalm 119:11 Word of God heart
For sin is no longer to have any power over you, since you are not under the Law but under grace.
Romans 6:14 grace law
Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness,
but sin degrades any people.
Proverbs 14:34 righteousness
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness.
James 3:16 selfishness evil
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I made no attempt to conceal my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my offenses to the Lord,”
and you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah
Psalm 32:5 confession forgiveness acknowledging
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Luke 5:32 repentance conversion Jesus
But he was pierced for our offenses
and crushed for our iniquity;
the punishment that made us whole fell upon him,
and by his bruises we have been healed.
Isaiah 53:5 Jesus healing
However, if the wicked renounce all of the sins that they have committed and keep all my statutes and do what is right and just, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion law obedience
Wash yourselves and become clean;
remove your evil deeds
far from my sight.
Cease to do evil.
Isaiah 1:16 purification evil
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.
Proverbs 10:29 reliability law
This is the message
that we have heard from him
and that we declare to you:
God is light,
and there is no darkness at all in him.
1 John 1:5 God light
Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness.
Romans 6:13 righteousness sacrifice conversion
Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you should arm yourselves also with the same intention. For anyone who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin.
1 Peter 4:1 suffering
Whoever observes the commandments will live,
but the one who scorns them will die.
Proverbs 19:16 law eternal life
Their eyes were opened and they realized that they were naked. They took fig leaves and sewed them together, making themselves a covering.
Genesis 3:7 clothing
In other words, God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, and not holding people’s transgressions against them, and he committed to us the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19 salvation Jesus world
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like a mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:22 salvation conversion redeemer
This is what love is:
not that we have loved God,
but that he loved us
and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
1 John 4:10 love Savior reconciliation
You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask.
James 4:2 desires prayer
As long as I remained silent,
my body wasted away
as the result of my groaning throughout the day.
Psalm 32:3 confession speaking sickness
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that weighs us down and the sins that so easily distract us and with perseverance run the race that lies ahead of us.
Hebrews 12:1 life overcoming
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 salvation
But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
Matthew 6:15 forgiveness Father

If he refuses to listen to them, report it to the Church. And if he refuses to listen to the Church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.