Bible Study Topic: Sin

Understanding Sin
  1. Identifying the seven stages of sin - Leviticus 13
  2. Lessons on how sin spreads - Judges 18
  3. Causes and consequences of rebellion - Numbers 16
  4. Signs of a foolish sinner - Psalm 14
Pride / Vanity
  1. Miriam's pride leads to leprosy - Numbers 12
  2. Lessons from Gideon on the dangers of pride- Judges 8
  3. Saul's prideful failure to give credit to God - 1 Samuel 13
  4. Hushai plays upon Absalom's vanity to cause his defeat - 2 Samuel 17
  5. Adonijah seized David's throne out pride. - 1 Kings 1
  6. Rehoboam's pride leads to Israel's division - 1 Kings 12
  7. God judges Baasha for his pride - 1 Kings 16
  8. Jehu's pride in judging others - 2 Kings 10
  9. King Sennacherib's pride before God - 2 Kings 19
  10. From Uzziah, seven warnings regarding pride - 2 Chronicles 26
  11. Warnings from Haman and Xerxes regarding pride - Esther 3
Covetousness, Jealousy, Lust and Greed
  1. Laban covets and tries to steal Jacob's blessings - Genesis 29
  2. Reuben's sleeps with of his father's concubine - Genesis 35
  3. Judah's sleeping with his daughter-in-law - Genesis 38
  4. The Jews hoard mana in the wilderness - Exodus 16
  5. The Jews hoard meat in the wilderness - Numbers 11
  6. Miriam and Aaron covet Moses' authority - Numbers 12
  7. Kohah and others covet Moses' authority - Numbers 16
  8. Balaam's covetousness and other sins - Numbers 22
  9. Warnings regarding coveting from Achan - Joshua 7
  10. Saul's jealousy over David's blessings - 1 Samuel 18
  11. David's covetousness with his first six wives - 2 Samuel 3
  12. David lust for Bathsheba - 2 Samuel 11
  13. Amnon's rapes sister Tamar - 2 Samuel 13
  14. Absalom's covets David's power - 2 Samuel 15
  15. Absalom's rapes David's concubines - 2 Samuel 16
  16. Joab's jealousy and murder of Amasa - 2 Samuel 20
  17. Warnings regarding covetousness from Solomon - 1 Kings 11
  18. Ahab covets and steals Naboth's lands - 1 Kings 21
  19. Gehazi's covets and steals gifts for God - 2 Kings 5
  20. The dangers of coveting money - Psalm 49
Idolatry
  1. The Second Commandment - Deuteronomy 5:8-10
  2. Rachel's trusts in her idol - Genesis 31
  3. The Jews' idolatry with the golden calf - Exodus 32
  4. Idolatry leads to bondage - Judges 3
  5. Micah's idolatry and counterfeit religion - Judges 17
  6. The tribe of Dan's idolatry and counterfeit religion - Judges 18
  7. The Jews misuse the ark as an idol - 1 Samuel 4
  8. Solomon's idolatry - 1 Kings 11
  9. Jeroboam's idolatry - 1 Kings 12
  10. Rehoboam's idolatry - 1 Kings 14
  11. Baasha's idolatry - 1 Kings 15
  12. Ahab's idolatry and Baal worship - 1 Kings 16
  13. Jehoram's idolatry and Baal worship in Northern Israel - 2 Kings 3
  14. Jehoram introduces Baal worship to Judah - 2 Kings 8
  15. Ahaz's idolatry - 2 Kings 16
  16. Northern Israel's idolatry leads to exile - 2 Kings 17
  17. Manasseh and Amon's idolatry - 2 Kings 21
Doubt / Disbelief / Faithlessness
  1. Sarai and Abraham doubt God's promises - Genesis 16
  2. Moses' doubt in God's promises - Exodus 4
  3. The Jews' disbelief in Moses' calling - Exodus 5
  4. The Jews doubt God at the edge of the Promised Land - Numbers 13
  5. The seven consequences of faithlessness -Numbers 14
  6. The Jews' doubt in failing to drive out the Canaanites -Judges 1
  7. Gideon's initial doubt in God's calling - Judges 6
  8. Saul disobeys God with the Amalekites - 1 Samuel 15
  9. David doubts God's protection after Saul's attacks - 1 Samuel 27
  10. David doubts God's protection after sinning - 2 Samuel 16
  11. Asa doubts God and forms an alliance with the Assyrians - 1 Kings 15
  12. Ahaz doubts God and forms an alliance with the Assyrians - 2 Kings 16
  13. Hezekiah doubts God and turns to Babylonian - 2 Kings 20
  14. Judah's leaders doubt God and turn to Egypt - 2 Kings 24
  15. Satan's use of discouragement to delay the Temple - Ezra 4
  16. Satan's use of discouragement against Nehemiah - Nehemiah 4
  17. The faith to overcome discouragement – Psalm 42
  18. The dangers of doubting or denying God – Psalm 53
Cruelty / Strife / Oppression
  1. Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery - Genesis 37
  2. Judah's threat to burn Tamar - Genesis 38
  3. Pharaoh enslaves and tries to kill the Jews - Exodus 1
  4. Peninnah's cruelty toward Hannah - 1 Samuel 1
  5. Amnon's cruelty after raping Tamar - 2 Samuel 13
  6. Rehoboam's cruelty leads to Israel's division - 1 Kings 12
  7. Judah and Israel live in ongoing strife - 1 Kings 14
  8. Baasha's war with Judah - 1 Kings 15
  9. The cruelty in Northern Israel without God - 1 Kings 16
  10. Jehu's cruelty to Ahab's sons and advisors - 2 Kings 10
Lies / Deceit / Blame
  1. Satan deceives Adam and Eve- Genesis 3
  2. Abraham lies about his wife - Genesis 20
  3. Isaac lies about his wife - Genesis 26
  4. Jacob and Rebekah deceive Isaac - Genesis 27
  5. Laban deceives Jacob - Genesis 29
  6. Jacob lies to Esau - Genesis 33
  7. Simeon and Levi's deceive the Shechemites - Genesis 34
  8. Joseph's brothers' deceive Jacob- Genesis 37
  9. The Gibeonites' deceive the Jews - Joshua 9
  10. Samson and the Philistines deceive each other - Judges 14
  11. David's lies and deception in the wilderness - 1 Samuel 27
  12. Saul deceives a witch - 1 Samuel 28
  13. David's deceit in his adultery and murder of Uriah - 2 Samuel 11
  14. Jeroboam uses deception to speak to God's prophet - 1 Kings 14
  15. Jezebel lies to kill Naboth and take his lands - 1 Kings 21
  16. Gehazi's lies in stealing gifts for God - 2 Kings 5
  17. Jehu uses deceit to execute the Baal worshipers - 2 Kings 10
  18. Satan's lies and deceit to try to stop the second Temple -Ezra 4
Dual-Mindedness /Compromise/ Worldliness
  1. Lot's family's worldliness - Genesis 19
  2. Jacob's family's worldliness - Genesis 34
  3. Judah's family's worldliness - Genesis 38
  4. Rachel's dual-mindedness - Genesis 31
  5. Esau dual-mindedness - Genesis 36
  6. Consequences from being double minded - Numbers 32
  7. Choosing a spiritual inheritance over the worldliness - Joshua 13
  8. The Jews' compromises with the Canaanites -Judges 1
  9. Samson's worldliness. - Judges 14
  10. The Jews' compromises with the Philistines - Judges 15
  11. Warnings against relative morality - Judges 21
  12. David compromises while living with the Philistines - 1 Samuel 27
  13. Saul turns to deceit and a medium for guidance - 1 Samuel 28
  14. Warnings against mixing the Spirit with the flesh - 2 Samuel 3
  15. Warnings about the flesh from the collapse of Saul's house- 2 Samuel 4
  16. Solomon's worldliness - 1 Kings 11
  17. Warnings from Jeroboam and Rehoboam on life without God -1 Kings 14
  18. Elijah's warning regarding dual allegiances - 1 Kings 18
  19. Signs from Jehu of serving God with the wrong motives - 2 Kings 10
  20. Deadly worldly sins that will corrupt you - 2 Kings 16
Unforgiveness / Revenge / Hatred / Retaliation
  1. Causes and consequences of rebellion - Numbers 16
  2. Samson's vengeance against the Philistines - Judges 14
  3. Samson's revenge against the Philistines - Judges 15
  4. Israel's first civil war - Judges 20
  5. Saul conspires to kill David - 1 Samuel 19
  6. Joab murders Abner out of vengeance - 2 Samuel 3
  7. Absalom's revenge murder of his brother Amnon - 2 Samuel 13
  8. Shimei hatred and unforgiveness of David - 2 Samuel 16
  9. Rehoboam's unforgiveness divides Israel - 2 Kings 12
Anger / Murder
  1. Cain murder Abel - Genesis 4
  2. Esau' threat to kill Isaac - Genesis 27
  3. Simeon and Levi's murder the Shechemites - Genesis 34
  4. Joseph's brothers' plot to kill him- Genesis 37
  5. Pharaoh tries to murder the Jewish boys - Exodus 1
  6. Moses murders an Egyptian - Exodus 2
  7. Saul tries to murder David (Part I) - 1 Samuel 18
  8. Saul tries to murder David (Part II) - 1 Samuel 19
  9. Saul murders the high priest - 1 Samuel 22
  10. David's plan to murder Nabal for disrespect - 1 Samuel 25
  11. Joab murders Abner - 2 Samuel 3
  12. Ish-bosheth's commanders murder him - 2 Samuel 4
  13. David murders Uriah - 2 Samuel 11
  14. Absalom murders his brother Amnon - 2 Samuel 13
  15. Joab murders Amasa - 2 Samuel 20
  16. Solomon tries to murder Jeroboam - 1 Kings 11
  17. Zimri murders Baasha's son Elah - 1 Kings 16
  18. Ahab and Jezebel murder Naboth - 1 Kings 21
  19. Manasseh persecutes and murders God's people - 2 Kings 21
Complaining / Murmuring
  1. The Jews' complaints in the wilderness (Part I) - Exodus 16
  2. The Jews' complaints in the wilderness (Part II) - Numbers 11
  3. The Jews' complaints in the wilderness (Part III) - Numbers 20
Gossip / Slander
  1. Jesus' 9th Commandment (false testimony)- Deuteronomy 5:20
  2. Miriam and Aaron gossip against Moses - Numbers 12
  3. Korah slanders Moses - Numbers 16
  4. Jezebel slanders Naboth to kill him - 1 Kings 21
  5. David's lessons on responding to slander - Psalm 7
  6. David's lessons on responding to gossip - Psalm 12
Spiritual Blindness
  1. Spiritual blindness in Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19
  2. Isaac's spiritual blindness - Genesis 27
  3. The dangers of walking by sight - Joshua 9
  4. Samson's spiritual blindness - Judges 16
  5. Eli's spiritual blindness - 1 Samuel 3
  6. David's blindness in wanting to fight the Jews - 1 Sam. 29
  7. Ahab's spiritual blindness (Part I) - 1 Kings 18
  8. Ahab's spiritual blindness (Part II) - 1 Kings 21
  9. The spiritual blindness of Judah's final rulers - 2 Kings 25
Presumption
  1. The Jews' presumption in attacking the Promised Land - Deuteronomy 1
  2. The Jews' presumption with the ark - 1 Samuel 4.
  3. Saul's presumption in making his own sacrifices - 1 Samuel 13
Drunkenness
  1. God's warning to Aaron about alcohol - Lev. Chapter 10
  2. The Nazirite vow not to drink - Numbers 6
  3. Samson's drunkenness - Judges 14
Disobedience / Rebellion / Refusing to Submit to God
  1. The Jews' rebellion at Marah - Exodus 15
  2. The Jews' rebellion at Rephidim - Exodus 17
  3. The 10 faithless spies and the Jews rebellion - Numbers 13
  4. The seven causes and consequences of rebellion - Numbers 16
  5. Samson disregards his a Nazarite vows - Judges 14
  6. Micah's rebellion with his counterfeit religion - Judges 17
  7. Dan's rebellion with its counterfeit religion - Judges 18
  8. Consequences to a society that rejects God's Word - Judges 19
  9. Saul's disobedience in destroying the Amalekites - 1 Samuel 15
  10. Warnings regarding rebellious leaders from Saul - 1 Samuel 31
  11. Absalom's rebellion against his father David - 2 Samuel 15
  12. Uzzah's disobedience in touching the ark - 2 Samuel 6
  13. Evils that appear when God's Leaders are removed - 2 Samuel 16
  14. Sheba's rebellion against King David - 2 Samuel 20
  15. David's disobedience in ordering a census - 2 Samuel 24
  16. Adonijah's rebellion against King David and Solomon. - 1 Kings 1
  17. Solomon's rebellion against God - 1 Kings 11
  18. Jeroboam's rebellion against God - 1 Kings 13
  19. God judges Ahab for his disobedience - 1 Kings 20
  20. Lessons from Joash's mistakes on avoiding disobedience - 2 Kings 12
  21. From Ahaz's reign, seven signs of a rebellious nation - 2 Chronicles 28