1 John 2:16
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16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Romans 13:14
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14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(A)
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Galatians 5:17
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17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.(A)
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Psalm 119:36-37
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36 Turn my heart to your decrees
and not to selfish gain.(A)
37 Turn my eyes from looking at vanities;
be gracious to me[a] according to your word.(B)
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- 119.37 Q ms: MT give me life
Genesis 3:6
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6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A)
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Proverbs 27:20
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20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and human eyes are never satisfied.(A)
Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)
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James 3:15
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15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(A)
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1 Peter 4:2-3
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2 so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.(A) 3 You have already spent enough time in doing what the gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.(B)
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1 Peter 2:11
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Live as Servants of God
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.[a](A)
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- 2.11 Or one’s life
2 Peter 2:10
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10 —especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust and who despise authority.
Bold and willful, they are not afraid to slander the glorious ones,[a](A)
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- 2.10 Or angels; Gk glories
Joshua 7:21
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21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. They now lie hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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Jude 16-18
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16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[a] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(A)
Warnings and Exhortations
17 But you, beloved, must remember the words previously spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 for they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.”(B)
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- 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts
Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly,(A)
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2 Peter 2:18
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18 For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased[a] desires of the flesh they entice people who have just[b] escaped from those who live in error.
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Psalm 78:18
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18 They tested God in their heart
by demanding the food they craved.(A)
Psalm 73:6
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6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
violence covers them like a garment.(A)
1 Peter 1:14
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14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.
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Titus 3:3
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3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.(A)
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Luke 4:5
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5 Then the devil[a] led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
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- 4.5 Gk he
Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
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Job 31:1
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31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
how, then, could I look upon a virgin?(A)
Galatians 5:24
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24 And those who belong to Christ[a] have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.(A)
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- 5.24 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Numbers 11:4
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4 The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!(A)
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Psalm 78:30
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30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
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