The concept of "fruits of sin" refers to the outcomes or consequences that arise from sinful actions and behaviors. In the Bible, sin is depicted as a deviation from God's will and commandments, leading to spiritual and often physical repercussions. The fruits of sin are manifold, affecting individuals, communities, and the relationship between humanity and God.

1. Separation from God: One of the primary fruits of sin is the separation it causes between humanity and God. Isaiah 59:2 states, "But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear." Sin creates a chasm that disrupts the fellowship and communion intended between the Creator and His creation.

2. Spiritual Death: Sin leads to spiritual death, a state of being alienated from the life of God. Romans 6:23 declares, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." This death is not merely physical but signifies a profound spiritual disconnection that only redemption through Christ can restore.

3. Corruption and Decay: Sin introduces corruption and decay into the world. Galatians 6:8 warns, "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." The pursuit of sinful desires leads to moral and spiritual decay, affecting both the individual and the broader society.

4. Bondage and Slavery: Sin enslaves those who indulge in it, leading to a cycle of bondage. Jesus states in John 8:34, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin." This bondage manifests in habitual sin patterns that are difficult to break without divine intervention.

5. Guilt and Shame: The fruits of sin include feelings of guilt and shame, which can weigh heavily on the conscience. Psalm 32:3-4 reflects this burden: "When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat." The internal turmoil caused by sin can lead to emotional and psychological distress.

6. Broken Relationships: Sin often results in broken relationships, both with God and with others. James 4:1-2 highlights the relational strife caused by sin: "What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight." Sin breeds discord, jealousy, and conflict, undermining the harmony intended in human relationships.

7. Judgment and Punishment: The ultimate fruit of sin is divine judgment and punishment. Hebrews 10:26-27 warns, "If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries." The Bible consistently teaches that unrepentant sin leads to judgment, emphasizing the need for repentance and faith in Christ for salvation.

The fruits of sin serve as a stark reminder of the destructive power of sin and the necessity of seeking God's grace and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. The Bible calls believers to live in the Spirit, producing fruits of righteousness that reflect God's character and bring glory to His name.Genesis 3:7-24
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Genesis 4:9-14
And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
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Genesis 6:5-7
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
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1 Kings 13:33,34
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
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Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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Job 5:2
For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one.
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Job 13:26
For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
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Job 20:11
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Psalm 5:10
Destroy you them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against you.
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Psalm 9:15,16
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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Psalm 10:2
The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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Psalm 94:23
And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
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Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.
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Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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Proverbs 5:22,23
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
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Proverbs 8:36
But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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Proverbs 10:24,29-31
The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
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Proverbs 11:5-7,18,19,27,29
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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Proverbs 12:13,14,21,26
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
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Proverbs 13:5,6,15
A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
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Proverbs 22:8
He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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Proverbs 27:8
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
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Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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Proverbs 29:6
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
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Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness.
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Isaiah 3:9,11
The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves.
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Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
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Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all you that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
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Isaiah 57:20,21
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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Jeremiah 2:17,19
Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way?
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Jeremiah 4:18
Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.
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Jeremiah 5:25
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
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Jeremiah 7:19
Do they provoke me to anger? said the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
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Jeremiah 21:14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, said the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
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Ezekiel 11:21
But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, said the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed on their heads, said the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 23:31-35
You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.
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Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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Hosea 10:13
You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
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Hosea 12:14
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him.
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Hosea 13:9
O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help.
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Micah 7:13
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
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Mark 7:21-23
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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Acts 9:5
And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.
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Romans 5:12-21
Why, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed on all men, for that all have sinned:
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Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
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1 Corinthians 3:3
For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
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1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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Galatians 5:19-21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Galatians 6:7,8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
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1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, parties, and abominable idolatries:
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The Peaceable Fruits of Sorrows Rightly Borne
... assumed unusual sin in Job as the explanation of his unparalleled pains, while the
prologue tells us that his sufferings were not fruits of his sin, but trials ...
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On the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Ghost
... "Fruits," the things that grow from the gifts of the Holy Ghost. ... With ourselves,
because we have a good conscience, that does not accuse us of sin. ...
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The First Fruits of the Spirit
... For his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God:" he ...
But against the fruits of the Spirit "there is no law" (5:23); as the Apostle ...
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Sin and Forgiveness
... For consider what human life might be: full of God and full of joy. Consider what
the 'fruits' of sin are. 'Apples of Sodom.' How sin leads to sorrow. ...
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Luther -- the Method and Fruits of Justification
... THE METHOD AND FRUITS OF JUSTIFICATION. ... sake: which he believes to be so rich and
plentiful, as indeed it is, that altho he be as it were drowned in sin, he is ...
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How Human Actions are Without Worth when they are done Without ...
... was dead, [533] because he was in sin; his virtues were not true living fruits,
but dead rinds and pleasing only to the eye, not savoury apples good for food. ...
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Manes Said: Let it First be Allowed on Your Side that There is an ...
... at all possible for one or another, or several, as you admit, not to sin, it is ... Do
you allege that the fruits of the evil root and the evil tree are the deeds ...
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That the Contempt of the Evangelical Counsels is a Great Sin.
... our heart is commanded to bring forth the plants of virtue, which bear the fruits
of good ... Now I say not, any more than does S. Bernard, that it is a sin not to ...
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The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. ...
... 4478] "Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world." The Gospels
then being four, I deem the first fruits of the Gospels to be that which you ...
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Through the Fall and Revolt of Adam, the Whole Human Race Made ...
... the works which proceed from it, such as adultery, fornication, theft, hatred, murder,
revellings, he terms, in the same way, the fruits of sin, though in ...
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