Lust

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication; — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof:

and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;

I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:—

For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

But godliness with contentment is great gain: — read the full passage →

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. — read the full passage →

But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. — read the full passage →

I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification.

that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.