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James 1:14
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James 1:14
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14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.
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James 1:14
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James 1:14
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14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed.
Mark 7:21-22
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Mark 7:21-22
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21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
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Mark 7:21-22
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Mark 7:21-22
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21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
Ephesians 4:22
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Ephesians 4:22
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22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception.
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Ephesians 4:22
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Ephesians 4:22
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22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off(A) your old self,(B) which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;(C)
Matthew 15:18
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Matthew 15:18
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18 But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.
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Matthew 15:18
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Matthew 15:18
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18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart,(A) and these defile them.
Hebrews 3:13
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
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Hebrews 3:13
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 But encourage one another daily,(A) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(B)
Isaiah 44:20
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Isaiah 44:20
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20 The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes.
He trusts something that can’t help him at all.
Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,
“Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
Isaiah 44:20
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Isaiah 44:20
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Romans 7:13
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Romans 7:13
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13 But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation to death. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God’s good commands for its own evil purposes.
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Romans 7:13
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Romans 7:13
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13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(A) to bring about my death,(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
James 4:1-2
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James 4:1-2
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Drawing Close to God
4 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
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James 4:1-2
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James 4:1-2
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Submit Yourselves to God
4 What causes fights and quarrels(A) among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle(B) within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(C) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
Job 31:9
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Job 31:9
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9 “If my heart has been seduced by a woman,
or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,
Job 31:9
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Job 31:9
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Matthew 5:28
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Matthew 5:28
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
Proverbs 4:23
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Proverbs 4:23
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23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs 4:23
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Proverbs 4:23
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Job 31:27
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Job 31:27
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27 and been secretly enticed in my heart
to throw kisses at them in worship?
Job 31:27
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Job 31:27
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Romans 7:11
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Romans 7:11
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11 Sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me; it used the commands to kill me.
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Romans 7:11
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Romans 7:11
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11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment,(A) deceived me,(B) and through the commandment put me to death.
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