James 1:14

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But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire.

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  • Eph 4:22 : 22 You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
  • Matt 15:18 : 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.
  • Jas 4:1-2 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • Rom 7:11 : 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  • Matt 15:20 : 20 These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 It has destroyed you, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of humanity had become on the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in His heart, "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. Nor will I ever again destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
  • Josh 7:21-24 : 21 When I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath." 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. 23 They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the Lord. 24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
  • 2 Sam 11:2-3 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'
  • 1 Kgs 21:2-4 : 2 Ahab said to Naboth, 'Give me your vineyard so I can use it as a vegetable garden, because it is close to my house. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard, or if you prefer, I will pay you its worth in silver.' 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, 'The LORD forbid that I should give you my ancestral inheritance!' 4 Ahab went home sullen and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said when he told him, 'I will not give you my inheritance.' He lay on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
  • Job 31:9 : 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
  • Job 31:27 : 27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

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    15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

    16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.

  • Jas 1:12-13
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  • Jas 4:1-3
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    1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts?

    2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

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    9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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    16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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    2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds,

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  • Prov 16:29
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    8 Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

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    5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.

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    6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires.