Effects of sin

The effects of sin on individuals

Lack of peace of mind

Isaiah 57:20–21 KJV 1900

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to 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 KJV 1900

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

See also Pr 5:22; Ro 6:16; 2 Ti 2:16

Physical death

1 Corinthians 15:56 KJV 1900

The sting of death is sin; and the strength 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 KJV 1900

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in 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 KJV 1900

But we are all as an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; And we all do fade as a leaf; And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken 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 KJV 1900

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will 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 KJV 1900

Righteousness exalteth 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 KJV 1900

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

See also Je 12:13; Ro 8:20–22

The land polluted

Leviticus 18:25 KJV 1900

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

See also Ge 4:10–12; Nu 35:33–34; Ps 106:38; Is 24:4–6; Je 3:1