Q.151. What sins are more evil because of the harm that results from them?
A. Sins become more harmful:
1. From those who commit the sins:[1] if they are older,[2] have a longer experience of God’s grace,[3] are well-known for their faith,[4] clearly know better,[5] hold a prominent position[6] or office,[7] are teachers,[8] and whose example will influence others.[9]
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| 2 | Job 32:7 | dummy text |
| Job 32:9 | dummy text | |
| Ecclesiastes 4:13 | dummy text | |
| 3 | 1 Kings 11:4 | dummy text |
| 1 Kings 11:9 | dummy text | |
| 4 | 2 Samuel 12:14 | dummy text |
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| 5 | James 4:17 | dummy text |
| Luke 12:47-48 | dummy text | |
| 6 | Jeremiah 5:4-5 | dummy text |
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| 7 | 2 Samuel 12:7-9 | dummy text |
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| 8 | Romans 2:17-24 | dummy text |
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2. From those sinned against:[10] if directly against God,[11] his attributes,[12] and worship;[13] against Christ and his grace;[14] against the Holy Spirit,[15] his witness[16] and work;[17] against those above us, prominent men[18] and especially those to whom we are related or owe allegiance;[19] and against any fellow believer,[20] particularly those who are weaker in the faith,[21] their souls or anyone else’s,[22] and the general good of everyone.[23]
| 10 | Matthew 21:38-39 | dummy text |
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| 11 | 1 Samuel 2:25 | dummy text |
| Acts 5:4 | dummy text | |
| Psalms 51:4 | dummy text | |
| 12 | Romans 2:4 | dummy text |
| 13 | Malachi 1:8 | dummy text |
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| 1 Corinthians 10:21-22 | dummy text | |
| 14 | Hebrews 2:2-3 | dummy text |
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| 15 | Hebrews 10:29 | dummy text |
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| 16 | Ephesians 4:30 | dummy text |
| 17 | Hebrews 6:4-6 | dummy text |
| 18 | Jude 8 | dummy text |
| Numbers 12:8-9 | dummy text | |
| Isaiah 3:5 | dummy text | |
| 19 | Proverbs 30:17 | dummy text |
| 2 Corinthians 12:15 | dummy text | |
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| 20 | Zephaniah 2:8 | dummy text |
| Zephaniah 2:10-11 | dummy text | |
| Matthew 18:6 | dummy text | |
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| 21 | 1 Corinthians 8:11-12 | dummy text |
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| 22 | Ezekiel 13:19 | dummy text |
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| Matthew 23:15 | dummy text | |
| 23 | 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 | dummy text |
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3. From the nature and quality of the sin:[24] if it is against the exact letter of the law,[25] breaks more than one commandment or includes many separate sins;[26] if it is not only planned in the heart, but is expressed in words and actions,[27] scandalizes others,[28] and cannot be made right;[29] if it is against the means of God’s grace,[30] his mercy,[31] or his judgments,[32] against our natural The Larger Catechism understanding,[33] convictions of our conscience,[34] public or private warnings,[35] condemnation by the church,[36] and civil punishment;[37] and if it is against our own prayers, purposes, promises,[38] vows,[39] covenants,[40] and commitments to God or men[41]—if made deliberately,[42] willfully,[43] presumptuously,[44] immodestly,[45] boastfully,[46] maliciously,[47] repeatedly,[48] obstinately,[49] with delight,[50] continually,[51] or as a result of falling back into it after repenting from it.[52]
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| 25 | Ezra 9:10-12 | dummy text |
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| 26 | Colossians 3:5 | dummy text |
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| 27 | James 1:14-15 | dummy text |
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| 28 | Matthew 18:7 | dummy text |
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29. Dt.[22].[22],[28]-[29], Prv[6].[32]-[35], Mt[16].[26].
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| 31 | Isaiah 1:2-3 | dummy text |
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| 32 | Amos 4:8-11 | dummy text |
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| 33 | Romans 1:20 | dummy text |
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| 35 | Proverbs 29:1 | dummy text |
| 36 | Titus 3:10 | dummy text |
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| 37 | Proverbs 27:22 | dummy text |
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| 38 | Psalms 78:34-37 | dummy text |
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| 39 | Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 | dummy text |
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| 40 | Leviticus 26:25 | dummy text |
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| 41 | Proverbs 2:17 | dummy text |
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| 42 | Psalms 36:4 | dummy text |
| 43 | Jeremiah 6:16 | dummy text |
| 44 | Numbers 15:30 | dummy text |
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| 45 | Jeremiah 3:3 | dummy text |
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| 46 | Psalms 52:1 | dummy text |
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| 48 | Numbers 14:22 | dummy text |
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4. From circumstances of time[53] and place:[54] if on the Lord’s day[55] or other times of divine worship,[56] or immediately before[57] or after these[58] or other religious activities that help to prevent or be a remedy for such failures;[59] and if publicly or in the presence of others, who consequently may very well be aroused to or defiled by the sin.[60]
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| 54 | Jeremiah 7:10-11 | dummy text |
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| 55 | Ezekiel 23:37-39 | dummy text |
| 56 | Isaiah 58:3-5 | dummy text |
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| 57 | 1 Corinthians 11:20-21 | dummy text |
| 58 | Jeremiah 7:8-10 | dummy text |
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| 59 | Ezra 9:13-14 | dummy text |
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