45 Bible Verses about Passion

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

For when we were in the flesh, the evil passions which came into being through the law were working in our bodies to give the fruit of death.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

And they were full of wonder at the great power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.

And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:

Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.

Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.

How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!