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Are the "seven deadly sins" given as a list in the Bible?

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The answer

Not as a list. The seven — pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth — were shaped by early monks: Evagrius Ponticus named eight "thoughts," and Gregory the Great pared them to seven around 590 CE. Scripture has vice lists (Galatians 5:19-21; Proverbs 6:16-19), just not this one.

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Why it’s interesting

Proverbs 6 even counts "six things the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination" — a completely different seven. The famous set is a triumph of Christian tradition, not a chapter of the Bible.

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