The serpent planted doubt and disbelief in Eve's mind. She coveted that which was not hers, and then took it. We might also be tempted to blame God. Or we might blame others for any predicament in which we find ourselves, perhaps through a wrong choice we ourselves have made. Indeed this is true, but since then I have learned that there are many other dimensions of sin mentioned in God's Word.
Sin is more than outward behavior.
David passionately bared his soul before his great Redeemer, and the vocabulary he used has helped us to understand the universal predicament we call sin. It refers to an inner state that is perverse and twisted. Guile signifies deceit, falsehood, duplicity. Iniquity is the sin that lies deep beneath the surface, perhaps when we choose to let our hormones control us rather than our minds. The Consequences of Sin Adam and Eve, feeling exposed and isolated, were also overwhelmed by guilt.