New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about lust

Lust is described in the bible as a strong, selfish desire for things?especially sexual thoughts or actions?that go against God's plan for love, respect, and marriage. The verses about lust explains that this starts inside a person's thoughts and heart long before it shows up in their actions. Jesus taught that looking at someone with selfish desire is already a mistake in the heart because it treats other people like objects instead of valuable human beings made by God. The Bible warns that giving in to lust breaks trust, causes emotional pain, and distracts people from a healthy relationship with God and others. To fight lust, Scripture encourages making wise choices, controlling your thoughts, running away from tempting situations, and asking God for self-control and a clean heart.

After a while, his master's wife noticed Joseph. She said to him, "Make love to me!"
Genesis 39:7

But he said no. "My master has put me in charge," he told her. "Now he doesn't have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.
Genesis 39:8

"No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn't held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?"
Genesis 39:9

Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of him by his coat. "Make love to me!" she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.
Genesis 39:12

"Do not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:14

"Do not long for anything that belongs to your neighbor. Do not long for your neighbor's house, wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey."
Exodus 20:17

"I made an agreement with my eyes. I promised not to look at another woman with sexual longing.
Job 31:1

Turn my eyes away from things that are worthless. Keep me alive as you have promised.
Psalm 119:37

A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 5:3

Stay on a path far away from that evil woman. Don't even go near the door of her house.
Proverbs 5:8

Don't hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don't let her eyes capture you.
Proverbs 6:25

Don't let your hearts turn to her ways. Don't step onto her paths.
Proverbs 7:25

"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'--(Exodus 20:14)
Matthew 5:27

But here is what I tell you. Do not even look at a woman in the wrong way. Anyone who does has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:28

"If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. Your eye is only one part of your body. It is better to lose it than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Matthew 5:29

"If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. Your hand is only one part of your body. It is better to lose it than for your whole body to go into hell.
Matthew 5:30

Evil thoughts come from the inside, from people's hearts. So do sexual sins, stealing and murder. Adultery,
Mark 7:21

greed, hate and cheating come from people's hearts too. So do desires that are not pure, and wanting what belongs to others. And so do telling lies about others and being proud and being foolish.
Mark 7:22

So don't let sin rule your body, which is going to die. Don't obey its evil longings.
Romans 6:12

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ as your clothing. Don't think about how to satisfy what your sinful nature wants.
Romans 13:14

Keep far away from sexual sins. All the other sins a person commits are outside his body. But sexual sins are sins against one's own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18

Now those things happened as examples for us. They are supposed to keep us from longing for evil things, as the people of Israel did.
1 Corinthians 10:6

You are tempted in the same way all other human beings are. God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted any more than you can take. But when you are tempted, God will give you a way out so that you can stand up under it.
1 Corinthians 10:13

So I say, live by the Holy Spirit's power. Then you will not do what your sinful nature wants you to do.
Galatians 5:16

The sinful nature does not want what the Spirit delights in. And the Spirit does not want what the sinful nature delights in. The two are at war with each other. That's what makes you do what you don't want to do.
Galatians 5:17

What the sinful nature does is clear. It enjoys sexual sins, impure acts and wild living.
Galatians 5:19

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their sinful nature to his cross. They don't want what their sinful nature loves and longs for.
Galatians 5:24

You were taught not to live the way you used to. You must get rid of your old way of life. That's because it is polluted by longing for things that lead you down the wrong path.
Ephesians 4:22

There should not be even a hint of sexual sin among you. Don't do anything unclean. And do not always want more and more. Things like that are not what God's holy people should do.
Ephesians 5:3

So put to death anything that belongs to your earthly nature. Get rid of your sexual sins and unclean acts. Don't let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil longings. Stop always wanting more and more. You might as well be worshiping statues of gods.
Colossians 3:5

God wants you to be made holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:3

He wants all of you to learn to control your own bodies. You must live in a way that is holy. You must live with honor.
1 Thessalonians 4:4

Don't long to commit sexual sins like those who don't know God.
1 Thessalonians 4:5

Run away from the evil things that young people long for. Try hard to do what is right. Have faith, love and peace. Do these things together with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22

God's saving grace has appeared to all people.
Titus 2:11

It teaches us to say no to godless ways and sinful longings. We must control ourselves. We must do what is right. We must lead godly lives in today's world.
Titus 2:12

But your own evil longings tempt you. They lead you on and drag you away.
James 1:14

When they are allowed to grow, they give birth to sin. When sin has grown up, it gives birth to death.
James 1:15

Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn't it because of your sinful longings? They fight inside you.
James 4:1

Dear friends, you are outsiders and strangers in this world. So I'm asking you not to give in to your sinful longings. They fight against your soul.
1 Peter 2:11

As a result, they don't live the rest of their lives on earth controlled by evil human longings. Instead, they live to do what God wants.
1 Peter 4:2

So the Lord knows how to keep godly people safe in times of testing. He also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard until the day they will be judged. In the meantime, he continues to punish them.
2 Peter 2:9

Here is what people who belong to this world do. They try to satisfy what their sinful natures want to do. They long for what their sinful eyes look at. They brag about what they have and what they do. All of this comes from the world. It doesn't come from the Father.
1 John 2:16

The world and its evil longings are passing away. But those who do what God wants them to do live forever.
1 John 2:17

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about lust

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