Bible Verses about “lusting”

“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”

“¶ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

“Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

“Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”

“‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›”

“For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”

“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”

“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”

“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”

“He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

“¶ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.”

“He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.”

“¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”

“¶ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.”

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.”

“But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.”

“¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:”

“¶ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”

“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.”

“But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”

“He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.”

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.”

“I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.”

“These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.”

“¶ And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.”

“And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”

“Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.”

“Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.]”

“If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”

“¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.”

“Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.”

“I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.”

“¶ I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.”

“I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.”

“And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.”

“For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”

“Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.”

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”

“¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”