What's the most common sin?

[SUNSTONE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13D5wMGymMA

[Wisdom's Child]

The most common I think would be taking the Lords name in vain.
The most common name of the Lord used out of vanity?
"I AM"

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[rita727]

My vote's on lying.

[tonysma]

I too, would say lying...if that is so and so calling, I'm not here....most used and probably don't even realise it...

[Golgotha]

I would say it depends on the person. I agree with the above posts though, lying is a very common sin that we are all guilty of at some point and time.

[SUNSTONE]

It's the 1 great commandment, because all sins fall under it.
So it's kind of a trick question.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments."

But most people single out an answer, some say lust, some say pride etc.
But it truely is the first great commandment.

[suzybeezy]

Not putting God first in our lives

[Amisk]

Not putting God first in our lives

I think you are close, however I believe the number one sin is unbelief. If we truly believed the Bible, which is the commands of God, enough to put our complete trust in what God has commanded and sacrificed for us, we would have no trouble with the sins named in most of the postings above. The sins named are the outward signs of our unbelief.

We are all guilty of unbelief, not just the world, but sadly we as Christians too often fall into the sin of unbelief as well. May our constant prayer be to be delivered of the sin of unbelief.

[Lose YourselfJB]

I'd say cussing or lusting, but it depends on the individual.

[SoundCard]

I'd think pride.

[Iron Lion]

id say lust

[New_Wineskin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13D5wMGymMA

I would say : Askiing others what sin is or isn't instead of asking the Lord .

[linssue55]

`For the believer it is "Pride." For we must THINK it before we can do it.

Proverbs
Chapter 06

The 7 worst sins to God....

1-2 My son, if you be surety for your friend,
if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,

2
you are snared with the words of your mouth,
you are taken with the words of your mouth.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
when you are come into the hand of your friend;
go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

4 Give not sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.

5 Deliver yourself as a roe/deer from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard . . .
consider her ways, and be wise.

7-8 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8
provides her meat in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.

9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep.

11 So shall your poverty come as one that travels,
and your want as an armed man.

12 A naughty person, a wicked man,
walks with a crooked/distorted mouth.

13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet,
he teaches with his fingers.

14 Crookedness/distortedness is in his heart . . .
he devises mischief continually . . . he sows discord.

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly . . .
suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

{Verses 16-19: The Only Octastich in Proverbs}
{Proverbs Chapter 6:16-19 -

The seven greatest sins in the Eyes of Jehovah/God}

16-19~~These six things does Jehovah/God hate.
{sane' - means to abhor something that is 'ugly'}

Yes, seven are an abomination unto Him:

17~~
{1} a proud look,
{Pride - category of mental attitude sin}

{2} a lying tongue, and
{Lying - category of sins of the tongue}

{3} hands that shed innocent blood
{Murder - category of overt sins},

18~~
{4} a 'right frontal lobe'/heart that devises wicked imaginations {hatred -mental attitude sin},

{5} feet that be swift in running to mischief
{idiom for 'gossip' - sin of the tongue},

19~~
{6} a false witness that speaks lies, and
{perjury in a court setting - sin of the tongue},

{7} he that sows discord among brethren.
{maligning/inciting revolution - trouble makers - sin of the tongue}

{Note: Syntactically, these verses show that in the Eyes of Jehovah/God, mental attitude sins are the worst to Him. And, as opposed to what our human viewpoint says, only one overt sin is HIGH on His list of the worst sins. Pride is first! And was Satan's first sin!

There are 2 mental attitude sins, 4 sins of the tongue, and only 1 overt sin in the list of worst!}

20 My son, keep your father's commandment . . .
and forsake not the law of your mother.

21 Bind them continually upon your heart,
and tie them about your neck.

22 When you go, it shall lead you . . .
when you sleep, it shall keep you;
and when you awake, it shall talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp;
and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the Way of life.

24 To keep you from the evil woman,
from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in your heart;
neither let her take you with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a whorish woman
a man is brought to a piece of bread
and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

29 So he that goes in to his neighbor's wife;
whosoever touches her . . . shall not be innocent.

30 Men do not despise a thief,
if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry . . .

31
but if he be found,
he shall restore sevenfold.
He shall give all the substance of his house.

32 But whosoever commits adultery with a woman
lacks understanding.
He that does it destroys his own soul.

33 A wound and dishonor shall he get . . .
and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man . . .
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

35 He will not regard any ransom . . .
neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

[SUNSTONE]

Every sin on this page falls under the great commandment.
Lust falls under it, gluttony, pride, all of it.
Even the second great commandment falls under the first one.