16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (A)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

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14 But (A)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (B)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

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17 For (A)the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, (B)so that you do not do the things that you wish.

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36 [a]Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to (A)covetousness.
37 (B)Turn[b] away my eyes from (C)looking at worthless things,
And revive me in [c]Your way.

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  1. Psalm 119:36 Cause me to long for
  2. Psalm 119:37 Lit. Cause my eyes to pass away from
  3. Psalm 119:37 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Tg. Your words

So when the woman (A)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (B)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

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  1. Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing

20 (A)Hell[a] and [b]Destruction are never full;
So (B)the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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  1. Proverbs 27:20 Or Sheol
  2. Proverbs 27:20 Heb. Abaddon

(A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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15 (A)This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

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that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, (A)but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:3 NU time

Living Before the World

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (A)which war against the soul,

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10 and especially (A)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. (B)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of [a]dignitaries,

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  1. 2 Peter 2:10 glorious ones, lit. glories

21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I [a]coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”

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  1. Joshua 7:21 desired

Apostates Predicted

16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they (A)mouth great swelling words, (B)flattering people to gain advantage. 17 (C)But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that (D)there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

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12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

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Deceptions of False Teachers

18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [a]have actually escaped from those who live in error.

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  1. 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping

18 And (A)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.

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Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
Violence covers them (A)like a garment.

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14 as obedient children, not (A)conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance;

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For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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[a]Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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  1. Luke 4:5 NU And taking Him up, he showed Him

28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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Job Defends His Righteousness

31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I [a]look upon a (A)young woman?

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  1. Job 31:1 look intently or gaze

24 And those who are Christ’s (A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

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Now the (A)mixed multitude who were among them [a]yielded to (B)intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: (C)“Who will give us meat to eat?

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  1. Numbers 11:4 Lit. lusted intensely

30 They were not [a]deprived of their craving;
But (A)while their food was still in their mouths,

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  1. Psalm 78:30 Lit. separated

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