In fact, the Bible offers other choices or lists of sins. For instance, in Proverbs:

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Shedding innocent blood, habitual lying or calculated divisiveness are far worse than many or all on the list of the “deadly seven.” Perhaps it’s because the Old Testament list has more to do with relationships between people, while the traditional list of seven deadly sins can be categorized more distinctly as elements of self-indulgence, of which pride is one of the worst. These sins of personal indulgence are and always have been among the chronic failings of the human family. The world’s literature - both religious and secular, ancient and modern - is full of it. The themes have played in every time and place and culture.

I personally find it more constructive to concentrate on what Jesus Christ called the two great commandments: to love God and love our neighbor. On these “hang all the law and the prophets.” If we do that, then the sins – whether seven or seventy – can be seen in better perspective.