Bible Characters who sinned Against God with Bible Verses

Bible characters who sinned against God, along with the corresponding Bible verses: Adam and Eve: They disobeyed God by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Genesis 3:6: "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." Cain: He committed the first murder by killing his brother Abel. Genesis 4:8: "Now Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him." Noah: After the flood, Noah became drunk and exposed himself. Genesis 9:21: "When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent." Abraham: He lied about Sarah being his sister to protect himself. Genesis 12:13: "Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you." Moses: He disobeyed God by striking the rock instead of speaking to it to bring forth water. Numbers 20:11-12: "Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 'Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.'" David: He committed adultery with Bathsheba and arranged the murder of her husband Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:4-5: "Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, 'I am pregnant.'" 2 Samuel 11:15: "In it he wrote, 'Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.'" Solomon: He turned to idolatry influenced by his foreign wives. 1 Kings 11:4: "As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been." Peter: He denied Jesus three times. Matthew 26:74-75: "Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, 'I don’t know the man!' Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: 'Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly." Judas Iscariot: He betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-16: "Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?' So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over." Saul (Paul): Before his conversion, Saul persecuted Christians. Acts 8:3: "But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison." Acts 9:1-2: "Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem." These examples illustrate that even prominent biblical figures were not immune to sin, highlighting the human propensity to fail and the necessity of divine grace and forgiveness.