Sin: Fruits of

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves. …

And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” …

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. …

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil. …

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. …

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’ …

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, …

“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

Therefore, 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. …

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

…for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, …

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.