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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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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James 1:14-15
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it; 15 then, when desire has conceived, it engenders sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.(A)
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1 Timothy 2:14
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14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.(A)
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2 Samuel 11:2
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2 It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.(A)
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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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Hosea 6:7
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7 But at[a] Adam they transgressed the covenant;
there they dealt faithlessly with me.
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- 6.7 Cn: Heb like
Romans 5:12-19
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Adam and Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned(A)— 13 for sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam, who is a pattern of the one who was to come.(B)
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16 And the gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17 If, because of the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. 19 For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.
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Genesis 6:2
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2 the sons of God saw that they were fair, and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.(A)
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Ezekiel 24:25
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25 And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart’s affection, and also[a] their sons and their daughters,(A)
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- 24.25 Heb lacks and also
Ezekiel 24:16
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16 Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes, yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.(A)
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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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Ezekiel 24:21
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21 Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart’s desire, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.(A)
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Genesis 39:7
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7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”(A)
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Genesis 3:17
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17 And to the man[a] he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(A)
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- 3.17 Or to Adam
Genesis 3:12
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12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.”(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)
Judges 16:1-2
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Samson and Delilah
16 Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her. 2 The Gazites were told,[a] “Samson has come here.” So they circled around and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, thinking, “Let us wait[b] until the light of the morning; then we will kill him.”(A)
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