23 Bible Verses about Evil Desires

Flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a clean heart.

Each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his evil desire (lust). He is enticed (allured).

I looked out the window of my house. I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man without understanding. He passed through the street near her corner. He went to her house.read more.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the darkness of the night: He met an evil hearted woman dressed seductively like an immoral woman. She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home. Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner. She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with an impudent look she said: I have peace offerings with me since I paid my vows. So I came to meet you and seek your presence. I found you. I covered my bed with fine linen from Egypt. I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come; let us take our fill of love until morning. Let us comfort ourselves with love. My husband is not at home. He went on a long trip. He took a bag of money with him. He will come home at the appointed day. She seduced him with her persuasive words. She forced him with her flattering lips. He immediately goes after her. He is like a bull that goes to the slaughter. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, Till a dart strikes through his liver. The bird hurries to the snare without knowing it would cost his life. Listen to me dear sons and pay attention to the words of my mouth. Do not let your heart go after her ways. Do not stray in her paths. She has wounded many. Many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

The wicked person desires evil. His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Now I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing. I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you. They are also disgusted with your immoral actions.

Do not let me be persuaded to do anything evil or to become involved with wickedness, with people who are troublemakers. Do not let me taste their delicacies.

but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.

You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!

Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey the lustful desires.

I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. These are in opposition to one another that you may not do the things that you would.

You put away your former way (course) (behavior) (conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the lusts of deceit.

Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

Do not let them say: Aha, just what we wanted! We have swallowed him up.

You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.

When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

I tell you that Elijah has come. They did not know him and treated him badly as they pleased. They will do the same with the Son of man.

If you do what is right, will not your attitude improve? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it.