Unclean Thoughts

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, 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.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

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

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

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

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

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

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

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: — read the full passage →

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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

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

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, — read the full passage →

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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

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

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: — read the full passage →

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. — read the full passage →

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: — read the full passage →

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, — read the full passage →

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: — read the full passage →

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, — read the full passage →

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. — read the full passage →

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

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

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. — read the full passage →

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; — read the full passage →

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? — read the full passage →

And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. — read the full passage →

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. — read the full passage →

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. — read the full passage →

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. — read the full passage →

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, — read the full passage →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: