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No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, — read the full passage →

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him. — read the full passage →

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” — read the full passage →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. — read the full passage →

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin. — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. — read the full passage →

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. — read the full passage →

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” — read the full passage →

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. — read the full passage →

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. — read the full passage →

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy, — read the full passage →

Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. — read the full passage →

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. — read the full passage →

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. — read the full passage →

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. — read the full passage →

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him. — read the full passage →

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. — read the full passage →

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. — read the full passage →

and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul; — read the full passage →

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, — read the full passage →

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. — read the full passage →

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, — read the full passage →

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord. — read the full passage →

If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” — read the full passage →

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and Yahweh’s angel was standing by. — read the full passage →

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed. — read the full passage →

I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. — read the full passage →

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars; — read the full passage →

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil. — read the full passage →

“Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. — read the full passage →

“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don’t fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults. — read the full passage →

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good. — read the full passage →

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. — read the full passage →

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. — read the full passage →

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak. — read the full passage →

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law. — read the full passage →

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near. — read the full passage →

Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. — read the full passage →

Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. — read the full passage →

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), — read the full passage →

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother. — read the full passage →

If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say, — read the full passage →

“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah; who swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness — read the full passage →

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. — read the full passage →