Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 83

Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?

Scripture proofs King James Version

• Ezek. 8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
• Ezek. 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
• Ezek. 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
• 1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
• Psa. 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
• Psa. 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
• Psa. 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies