Bible Verses about Desires

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• Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpirit
• And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
  Colossians 3:5sinmaterialismidols
• You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sinprayer
• And the world with all its enticements
  is passing away,
  but whoever does the will of God
  abides forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobedienceworld
• Or can a man walk on red-hot coals
  without scorching his feet?
  Proverbs 6:28temptation
• However, to avoid the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
  1 Corinthians 7:2marriagerelationshipssexuality
• “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 6:12addictionliferighteousness
• For where your treasure is, there will your heart also be.
  Matthew 6:21materialismmoneyheart
• I have made a covenant with my eyes
  not to look with desire upon a virgin.
  Job 31:1self-controlcovenantthoughts
• Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
  1 Peter 5:8persecutionovercomingdevil
• 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 2:16addictionprideworld
• Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for those who are immoral and adulterers will have to face God’s judgment.
  Hebrews 13:4marriagejudgmentsexuality
• Brethren, you were called to freedom. However, make sure that you do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Instead, serve one another in love.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilityserving
• As a deer longs for running streams,
  so my soul longs for you, O God.
  Psalm 42:2God
• Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41prayertemptationaddiction
• 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 10:13reliabilitytemptationaddiction
• While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13temptationunderstanding
• As we proceed in the path of your judgments,
  we wait for you, O Lord;
  your name and your renown
  are all that our heart desires.
  Isaiah 26:8lawrighteousness
• By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
  2 Peter 1:4rewardworldpromises
• The love of money is the root of all evils, and in their desire for it some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many serious wounds.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevilgreed
• When you fix your gaze upon it,
  it is gone before you realize it.
  For it suddenly sprouts wings
  and flies up to the sky like an eagle.
  Proverbs 23:5moneymaterialism
• All day long the godless man continues to covet,
  whereas the righteous man gives unsparingly.
  Proverbs 21:26greedgivingmaterialism
• What then should we say? That the Law is sinful? Absolutely not! Yet if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin was. I would not have known what covet is if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
  Romans 7:7sinlaw
• Brethren, if anyone is detected committing a transgression, you who are spiritual must set him right in a spirit of gentleness. Meanwhile, you should take care so that you yourselves are not tempted.
  Galatians 6:1sintemptationconversion
• Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God.
  Romans 8:8sindependence