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The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
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The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.
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God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.
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Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
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Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
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Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
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but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.
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As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.
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As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
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Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
