1 John 2:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

The lust of the flesh

And the lust

And the pride

Is not

James 3:15

General references

Luke 14:33

Bible References

The lust of the flesh

The riff-raff that [were] in their midst {had a strong desire}; and the {Israelites} turned back and also wept, and they said, "Who will feed us meat?

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes.

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

Now these [things] happened [as] examples for us, so that we should not be desirers of evil [things], just as those also desired [them],

For the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh, for these are in opposition to one another, so that whatever you want, you may not do these [things].

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the will of the flesh and of the mind, and we were children of wrath by nature, as also the rest of [them] were.

training us in order that, denying impiety and worldly desires, we may live self-controlled and righteously and godly in the present age,

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former desires [you used to conform to] in your ignorance,

Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,

These [people] are grumblers, discontented, proceeding according to their desires, and their mouths speaking pompous [words], {showing partiality to gain an advantage}.

And the lust

When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Then the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they [were] beautiful. And they took for themselves wives from all that they chose.

I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold [that] weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They [are] hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver [is] under it."

"I made a covenant with my eyes, so how could I look closely upon a virgin?

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to [dishonest] gain.

Whoever loves money is not satisfied [with] money, and whoever loves wealth [is] not [satisfied with] profit. This also [is] vanity!

Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

And he led him up [and] showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the pride

he gave a banquet in the third year of his reign for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and officials of the provinces were in his presence

Therefore pride is their necklace; an outfit of violence covers them.

And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more--

Is not

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but [is] earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

General references

" 'Any {winged insect} that walks on [all] fours [is] detestable to you.

Do not look at wine when it is red, when it {sparkles} on the cup, going down smoothly.

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.