James 1:14
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14 But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it;
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Mark 7:21-22
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21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.
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Ephesians 4:22
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22 to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts,(A)
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Matthew 15:18
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18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles.(A)
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Isaiah 44:20
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20 He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”(A)
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Romans 7:13
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13 Did what is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin that was working death in me through what is good, in order that it might be shown to be sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.
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James 4:1-2
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Friendship with the World
4 Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? 2 You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet[a] something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask.
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- 4.2 Or you murder and you covet
Job 31:9
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9 “If my heart has been enticed by a woman
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,(A)
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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Proverbs 4:23
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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.(A)
Job 31:27
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27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
Romans 7:11
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11 For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
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Matthew 15:20
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20 These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”
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1 Kings 21:2-4
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2 And Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; I will give you a better vineyard for it, or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.”(A) 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral inheritance.”(B) 4 Ahab went home resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you my ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat.(C)
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2 Samuel 11:2-3
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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) 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, “This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”(B)
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Joshua 7:21-24
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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.”
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 They took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and they spread them out before the Lord. 24 Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, with the silver, the mantle, and the bar of gold, with his sons and daughters, with his oxen, donkeys, and sheep, and his tent and all that he had, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.(A)
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Genesis 8:21
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21 And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.(A)
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Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.(A)
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Hosea 13:9
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9 I will destroy you, O Israel;
who can help you?[a]
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- 13.9 Gk Syr: Heb for in me is your help
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