Category
VERSES ABOUT VICES AND ADDICTIONS
Addiction and bad habits can be so destructive. Think about it, addiction is clinging to something—a behavior, a substance, an activity, even a person—that's actually harming you. So many of us struggle with these things, feeling trapped by a vice or an addiction. Sometimes, we feel like it's because of our past.
But here's the truth: in God, we're free. Christ set us free from all of that and forgave our sins. If you keep dwelling on the past, those chains can really hold you back. Sometimes, these struggles can even stem from negative spiritual influences, finding a foothold and coming to light when we unknowingly open a door, giving the enemy a legal right to step in.
You have the power to let go of what's binding you. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any areas of bondage you need to address. Receive God's forgiveness and His healing. He's there for you.
I pray that we all find freedom from anything that's hurting us and holding us back. Just like it says in John 8:36, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word;
“When a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and he shall not be obligated with anything; he shall be free from obligation, to stay at home for one year, and he shall bring joy to his wife that he took.
Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him. A threefold cord is not easily broken!
And now these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
and those who weep as if they do not weep, and those who rejoice as if they do not rejoice, and those who buy as if they do not possess,
and those who make use of the world as if they do not make full use of it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.
But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.
But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.
So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry her will do better.
A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Therefore, as the chosen of God, holy and dearly loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,
putting up with one another and forgiving one another. If anyone should have a complaint against anyone, just as also the Lord forgave you, thus also you do the same.
And to all these things add love, which is the bond of perfection.
And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,
and everything whatever you do in word or in deed, giving thanks for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
and obscenity, and foolish talk, or coarse jesting (which are not proper), but rather thanksgiving.
For this you know for certain, that every sexually immoral person, or unclean person, or greedy person (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow into him with reference to all things, who is the head, Christ,
—wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,
because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).
But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word;
in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless.
Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
(This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)
Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).
Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.
But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.
May loyal love and truth not forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them upon your heart.
Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.
Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways,
for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright are his confidence.
The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.
With those who scorn, he is scornful, but to those who are humble, he gives favor.
They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,
For “The one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips must not speak deceit.
And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
And who is the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?
But even if you might suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their intimidation or be disturbed,
but set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to anyone who asks you for an accounting concerning the hope that is in you.
But do so with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in the things in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, in order that he could bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,
in which also he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison,
when they see your respectful, pure conduct.
who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while an ark was being constructed, in which a few—that is, eight souls—were rescued through water.
And also, corresponding to this, baptism now saves you, not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels and authorities and powers having been subjected to him.
Let your adornment not be the external kind, braiding hair and putting on gold jewelry or putting on fine clothing,
but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.
For in the same way formerly the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves by being subject to their own husbands,
like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become when you do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.
Husbands, in the same way live with your wives knowledgeably, as with the weaker female vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.
Then Yahweh God said, “it is not good that the man is alone. I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.”
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this is your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.
wanting to be teachers of the law, although they do not understand either the things which they are saying or the things concerning which they are speaking confidently.
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.
Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, it does not boast, it does not become conceited,
it does not behave dishonorably, it is not selfish, it does not become angry, it does not keep a record of wrongs,
it does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth,
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
My beloved belongs to me and I belong to him; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; passion is fierce as Sheol; its flashes are flashes of fire; it is a blazing flame.
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.
And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven, and over every animal that moves upon the earth.”
A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth is far more than precious jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and gain he will not lack.
She does him good, but not harm all the days of her life.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,
But you did not learn Christ in this way,
if indeed you have heard about him, and you were taught by him (just as truth is in Jesus),
that you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.
Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,
nor give place to the devil.
The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.
No rotten word must proceed from your mouth, but only something good for the building up of the need, in order that it may give grace to those who hear,
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;
But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.
Each one in the calling in which he was called—in this he should remain.
Were you called while a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of it.
For the one who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedperson. Likewise the one who is called while free is a slave of Christ.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
Each one in the situation in which he was called, brothers—in this he should remain with God.
Now concerning virgins I do not have a command from the Lord, but I am giving an opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
Therefore, I consider this to be good because of the impending distress, that it is good for a man to be thus.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.
But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as if they do not have wives,
The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
and those who weep as if they do not weep, and those who rejoice as if they do not rejoice, and those who buy as if they do not possess,
and those who make use of the world as if they do not make full use of it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.
But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.
But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.
So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry her will do better.
A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does.
But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion—and I think I have the Spirit of God.
Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.
complete my joy, so that you are in agreement, having the same love, united in spirit, having one purpose.
For I have no one like-minded who will sincerely be concerned about your circumstances.
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
But you know his proven character, that like a child with a father he served with me for the gospel.
Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see my circumstances.
And I am convinced in the Lord that I myself will arrive shortly also.
But I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,
because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not on him only, but also on me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.
Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such people highly honored,
Do nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,
because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that he might make up for your inability to serve me.
each of you not looking out for your own interests, but also each of you for the interests of others.
being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another more highly in honor,
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Better is a dinner of vegetables when love is there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
Therefore I want younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.
Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.
The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
and those who weep as if they do not weep, and those who rejoice as if they do not rejoice, and those who buy as if they do not possess,
and those who make use of the world as if they do not make full use of it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.
But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.
But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.
So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry her will do better.
A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does.
But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion—and I think I have the Spirit of God.
Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.
And he answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female
and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
To the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife must not separate from her husband.
But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
“And it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self control. Against such things there is no law.
Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself, but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?
A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, but from Yahweh comes a woman who is prudent.
You have stolen (my) heart, my sister bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance from your eyes, with one ornament from your necklaces.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your presence, O Yahweh, my rock and my redeemer.