Bible Verses about 'Nature'

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• And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
  2 Peter 1:4rewarddesiresworld
• For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
  Romans 1:20creationstrengthmind
• That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
  Romans 8:8sindependencedesires
• Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
  Galatians 6:8sineternal lifeSpirit
• Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
  Colossians 3:9-10lyinglifeconversion
• So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
  Galatians 5:16sinSpiritdesires
• So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
  Romans 8:6Spiritpeacelife
• The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.
  Galatians 5:17obedienceSpirit
• Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
  Romans 8:5lifebodySpirit
• For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilitydesires
• That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.
  2 Corinthians 4:16beautyencouragementreceiving
• So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
  Colossians 3:5sindesiresmaterialism
• You and I are Jews by birth, not ‘sinners’ like the Gentiles. Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.
  Galatians 2:15-16faithlawrighteousness
• For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  John 8:44devildesirestruth
• The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
  Hebrews 1:3sinpurificationWord of God
• They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
  Romans 1:25-28idolssexualitydesires
• When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality
• Though he was God,
  he did not think of equality with God
  as something to cling to.
  Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
  he took the humble position of a slave
  and was born as a human being.
  When he appeared in human form,
  he humbled himself in obedience to God
  and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
  Philippians 2:6-8SaviorobedienceJesus
• So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
  Luke 11:13Spiritprayerfamily