The war on lust
These verses will help you put sin to death in your flesh and find joy in Christ.
31 verses
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March 14, 2025
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1 Corinthians 10:12ESV
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Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
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1 Corinthians 10:13ESV
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No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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1 Corinthians 6:19-20ESV
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Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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1 Peter 2:11ESV
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Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
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1 Peter 5:9-10ESV
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9 Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. -
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7ESV
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3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter,
because the Lord is an avenger in all these things,
as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. -
1 Timothy 5:22ESV
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Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
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2 Timothy 2:22ESV
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So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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Colossians 3:5ESV
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Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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Ephesians 5:3-4ESV
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3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 4 Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
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Ephesians 5:5ESV
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For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
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Galatians 5:24ESV
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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Galatians 6:7-8ESV
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Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
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James 1:14-15ESV
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But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
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Job 31:1ESV
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“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?
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Matthew 5:28ESV
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But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Matthew 5:8ESV
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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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Philippians 4:8ESV
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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
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Proverbs 11:6ESV
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The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. -
Proverbs 22:14ESV
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The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it. -
Proverbs 27:20ESV
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Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and never satisfied are the eyes of man. -
Proverbs 6:25-26ESV
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Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
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Proverbs 6:32ESV
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He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself. -
Proverbs 7:22-27ESV
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22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death. -
Psalm 119:37ESV
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Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
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Psalm 119:9-16ESV
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9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
10 With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
11 I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O Lord;
teach me your statutes!
13 With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
14 In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
16 I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word. -
Psalm 16:11ESV
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You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. -
Psalm 84:11ESV
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For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly. -
Psalms 101:3ESV
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I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless.
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Romans 13:13-14ESV
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Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
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Romans 8:13ESV
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For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.