Unclean Thoughts

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.

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;

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of 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 come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings: — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, 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, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, — read the full passage →

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant wordsarepure.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

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.

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

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

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

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

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. — read the full passage →

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

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

And Jehovah 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, ye will keep my commandments.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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

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

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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

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

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

I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.

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

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

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah 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, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

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

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not 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 vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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

Putting away therefore all wickedness, 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 doubleminded.

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

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

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, 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 even be named among you, as becometh saints; — read the full passage →

and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, — read the full passage →

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

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

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

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? — read the full passage →

And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

that the ordinance 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 sanctification, and the end eternal life. — read the full passage →

But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left 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 who is in heaven.

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

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 Jehovah, 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 thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, 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 Jehovah. — read the full passage →

The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.

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

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

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

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will 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 ordinances 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 after 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 Jehovah hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

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

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

And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the 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 birds of the heavens, 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 angelsgoing forthto war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;