Bible Verses about Desires

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• I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpirit
• Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  Colossians 3:5sinmaterialismidols
• You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
  James 4:2sinprayer
• And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
  1 John 2:17eternal lifeobedienceworld
• Can one walk on hot coals,
  And his feet not be seared?
  Proverbs 6:28temptation
• Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
  1 Corinthians 7:2marriagerelationshipssexuality
• All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
  1 Corinthians 6:12addictionliferighteousness
• For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  Matthew 6:21materialismmoneyheart
• I have made a covenant with my eyes;
  Why then should I look upon a young woman?
  Job 31:1self-controlcovenantthoughts
• Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  1 Peter 5:8persecutionovercomingdevil
• For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
  1 John 2:16addictionprideworld
• Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  Hebrews 13:4marriagejudgmentsexuality
• For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilityserving
• As the deer pants for the water brooks,
  So pants my soul for You, O God.
  Psalm 42:1God
• Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41prayertemptationaddiction
• No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
  1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilitytemptationaddiction
• Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
  James 1:13temptationunderstanding
• Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
  O Lord, we have waited for You;
  The desire of our soul is for Your name
  And for the remembrance of You.
  Isaiah 26:8lawrighteousness
• By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
  2 Peter 1:4rewardworldpromises
• For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevilgreed
• Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
  For riches certainly make themselves wings;
  They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
  Proverbs 23:5moneymaterialism
• He covets greedily all day long,
  But the righteous gives and does not spare.
  Proverbs 21:26greedgivingmaterialism
• What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”
  Romans 7:7sinlaw
• Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
  Galatians 6:1sintemptationconversion
• So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
  Romans 8:8sindependence