Bible Verses about Addiction

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• “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not allow myself to be dominated by anything.
  1 Corinthians 6:12desiresliferighteousness
• No trial has confronted you except what a person can stand. God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tried beyond your strength. But together with the trial he will also provide a way out and the strength to bear it.
  1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilitytemptationdesires
• Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41prayertemptationdesires
• It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and refuse to submit again to the yoke of slavery.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionslavery
• Hence, be subject to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  James 4:7obediencesafetydevil
• For everything that is in the world—
  the concupiscence of the flesh,
  the concupiscence of the eyes,
  and the pride of life—
  comes not from the Father
  but from the world.
  1 John 2:16desiresprideworld
• For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to the entire human race. It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly.
  Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnesssalvation
• Jesus replied,
  “Amen, amen, I say to you,
  everyone who sins
  is a slave of sin.”
  John 8:34sinslavery
• For you know that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance.
  James 1:3faithtemptation
• Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God, and that you are not your own? You have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.
  1 Corinthians 6:19-20worshipSpiritlife
• And do not lead us into temptation,
  but deliver us from the evil one.
  Matthew 6:13temptationdesiresevil
• Therefore, if the Son sets you free,
  you then will truly be free.
  John 8:36Jesusredeemerfreedom
• You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can be done to make it salty once again? It is no longer good for anything, and thus it is cast out and trampled underfoot.
  Matthew 5:13sinobedienceevangelism
• Then Jesus said to those Jews who did believe in him,
  “If you remain faithful to my word,
  you will truly be my disciples.
  You will know the truth,
  and the truth will set you free.”
  John 8:31-32truthWord of Godfollowing
• Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for the flesh to gratify its sinful desires.
  Romans 13:14desiresJesusbody