Ephesians 2:3

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest

Galatians 2:15-16

We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

Psalm 51:5

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,

Genesis 5:3

When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

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.

Job 14:4

Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

Job 15:14-16

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

Isaiah 53:6

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

Isaiah 64:6-7

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:5-9

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

Mark 4:19

but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.

Mark 7:21-22

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

John 1:13

-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

John 3:1-6

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

John 8:44

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 14:16

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

Acts 17:30-31

Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Romans 1:24

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

Romans 3:22-23

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

Romans 5:12-19

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --

Romans 6:12

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Romans 8:7-8

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Romans 9:22

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

Romans 11:30

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

Galatians 3:22

But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given -- because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ -- to those who believe.

Galatians 5:16-24

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 4:17-19

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

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,

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

James 4:1-3

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?

1 Peter 1:14

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

1 Peter 2:10-11

You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 4:2-3

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

2 Peter 2:18

For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

1 John 1:8-10

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Jude 1:16-18

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

We

Isaiah 53:6
All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
Isaiah 64:6
We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
Daniel 9:5
we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.
Romans 3:9
What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
Galatians 2:15
We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,
Galatians 3:22
But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given -- because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ -- to those who believe.
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
1 Peter 4:3
For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
1 John 1:8
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

In times

Ephesians 4:17
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Acts 14:16
In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,
Acts 17:30
Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
Romans 11:30
Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
1 Peter 2:10
You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 John 2:8
On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

In the

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,
Mark 4:19
but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
John 8:44
You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
Romans 6:12
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,
Romans 13:14
Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
Galatians 5:16
But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
James 4:1
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?
1 Peter 1:14
Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
1 Peter 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
1 Peter 4:2
in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.
2 Peter 2:18
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
1 John 2:16
because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Jude 1:16
These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

Fulfilling

Romans 8:7
because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

Desires

John 1:13
-- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God.

By

Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
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.
Job 14:4
Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!
Job 15:14
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:4
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
Psalm 51:5
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
John 3:1
Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,
Romans 5:12
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.
Galatians 2:15
We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

Even

Romans 3:9
What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

General references

Leviticus 11:16
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,
Deuteronomy 16:12
Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.
1 John 4:19
We love because he loved us first.

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