James 1:14

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Eph 4:22 : 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Matt 15:18 : 18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.
  • Jas 4:1-2 : 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;--that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
  • Rom 7:11 : 11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me.
  • Matt 15:20 : 20 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 It is thy destruction, O Israel, that [thou art] against me, against thy help.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 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.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 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.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
  • Josh 7:21-24 : 21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.
  • 2 Sam 11:2-3 : 2 And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David send and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
  • 1 Kgs 21:2-4 : 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
  • Job 31:9 : 9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
  • Job 31:27 : 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

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