James 1:14

Testing And Tempting

¹³ Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. ¹⁴ But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. ¹⁵ Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

Sin

Genesis 6:5

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

Joshua 7:21-24

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."

2 Samuel 11:2-3

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.

1 Kings 21:2-4

Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it."

Job 31:9

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

Job 31:27

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'

Hosea 13:9

I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person."

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

Romans 7:13

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

James 4:1-2

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?