20 Bible Verses about

Lust

Romans 7:18 BSB

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Proverbs 6:25 BSB

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Matthew 5:28 BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Isaiah 57:5 BSB

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Romans 1:27 BSB

Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Psalm 145:16 BSB

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Psalm 45:11 BSB

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Proverbs 19:22 BSB

The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Proverbs 3:15 BSB

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.

Psalm 73:25 BSB

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

Psalm 38:9 BSB

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

Romans 9:16 BSB

So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

John 1:13 BSB

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

Ephesians 6:11 BSB

Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

James 4:7 BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Corinthians 10:13 BSB

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Hebrews 11:1 BSB

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:6 BSB

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Romans 10:17 BSB

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

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