12 Bible Verses about Human Desires
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and his heart lay unto Dina, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the damsel and spake kindly unto her, and spake unto his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden unto my wife." And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dina, his daughter, but his sons were with the cattle in the field: and therefore he held his peace, until they were come.read more.
Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob, to commune with him. And the sons of Jacob came out of the field as soon as they heard it, for it grieved them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife,
Also he shall not have too many wives, lest his heart turn away, neither shall he gather him silver and gold too much.
"If my heart hath lusted after my neighbour's wife, or if I have laid wait at his door:
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And the guard shall be unto you to look upon it, that ye remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them: that ye seek not a way after your own hearts and after your own eyes, for to go a whoring after them:
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their hearts unto thee.
Yea, I myself shall behold him - not with other, but with these same eyes, though my reins are consumed within me.
O trust not in wrong or robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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