What the Bible says about

Lust

28 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.”
Genesis 3:6 BSB
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.””
Exodus 20:17 BSB
“If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,”
Job 31:9-12 BSB
“So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.”
Psalms 81:12 BSB
“to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.”
Proverbs 6:24 BSB
“Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.”
Proverbs 6:25 BSB
“But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Matthew 5:28 BSB
“but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.”
Mark 4:19 BSB
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