Effects of sin

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Sin affects every level of human existence, including the sinner’s relationship with God, with other human beings and with the environment.

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The effects of sin on individuals

Lack of peace of mind

Isaiah 57:20–21 ESV
But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt. There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
See also Job 15:20–35; Ps 38:5–8; Pr 13:15–22; La 1:20–21

Bondage to a continuing habit of sin

John 8:34 ESV
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.
See also Pr 5:22; Ro 6:16; 2 Ti 2:16

Physical death

1 Corinthians 15:56 ESV
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
See also Ge 2:17; Ge 3:19; Pr 21:16; Ro 5:12–14; Ro 6:21–23; 1 Co 15:22; Jas 1:15

The sinful life is equivalent to death

Ephesians 2:1 ESV
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
See also Ro 7:9; Ro 7:13; Ro 8:10; Col 2:13

The effects of sin on the sinner before God

Uncleanness

Isaiah 64:6 ESV
We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
See also Ps 106:39; Is 6:5; Je 2:22; La 1:8; Mt 15:18–20

Guilt

Ezr 9:6 The prayer of Ezra.
See also Ge 3:10; Ps 38:3–4; Ps 44:15; Is 59:12–13; Je 3:25; Je 14:20

Separation from God

Isaiah 59:2 ESV
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
See also Dt 31:18; Is 1:15; Is 64:7; Eze 8:6; Ho 5:6; Mic 3:4; Eph 2:12

The effects of sin on Israel

Proverbs 14:34 ESV
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
See also Jos 7:1–16 Achan’s sin; 1 Ki 8:33–40 the consequences of sin for Israel; Is 1:4–9 the plight of Judah; Ro 1:21–32 the condition of humanity

The effects of sin on the world

The ground cursed

Genesis 3:17–18 ESV
And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
See also Je 12:13; Ro 8:20–22

The land polluted

Leviticus 18:25 ESV
and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
See also Ge 4:10–12; Nu 35:33–34; Ps 106:38; Is 24:4–6; Je 3:1
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