46 Bible Verses about Passion

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.

not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples,

If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

The LORDtests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."

"Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.

Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him.

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.

They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions."

And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you."

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

"Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink-- you pour out your wrath and make them drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!