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, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,

“When a man has taken a new wife, let him not go out into the army nor let any matter be imposed upon him. He shall be exempt one year for the sake of his home, to rejoice with his wife whom he has taken.

Let all that you do be done in love.

Although one might be overpowered, two withstand him. And a threefold cord is not readily broken.

And now belief, expectation, and love remain - these three. But the greatest of these is love.

But above all these put on love, which is a bond of the perfection.

Let marriage be respected by all, and the bed be undefiled. But Elohim shall judge those who whore, and adulterers.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.

Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as is proper in the Master.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

He who has found a wife has found good, And receives favour from יהוה.

Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

and those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,

and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.

And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.

But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.

There is a difference between a wife and a maiden. The unmarried woman is concerned about the matters of the Master, that she might be set-apart both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please her husband.

And this I say for your own good, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and to attend to the Master without distraction.

And if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his maiden, if she is past the flower of her youth, and so it should be, let him do what he desires, he does not sin – let them marry.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, and has authority over his own desire, and has so decided in his heart to guard his own maiden, does well.

So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

A wife is bound by Torah as long as her husband lives, and if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Master.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

“For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Therefore, as chosen ones of Elohim, set-apart and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, patience,

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other if anyone has a complaint against another, indeed, as Messiah forgave you so also should you.

But above all these put on love, which is a bond of the perfection.

And let the peace of Elohim rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one Body, and be filled with thanks.

Let the Word of Messiah dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing with pleasure in your hearts to the Master in psalms and songs of praise and spiritual songs.

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Master יהושע, giving thanks to Elohim the Father through Him.

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

But whoring and all uncleanness, or greed of gain, let it not even be named among you, as is proper among set-apart ones –

Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

“For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.

However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.

neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

For this you know, that no one who whores, nor unclean one, nor one greedy of gain, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the reign of Messiah and Elohim.

Let no one seek his own, but each one that of the other.

with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

but, maintaining the truth in love, we grow up in all respects into Him who is the head, Messiah,

Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Master.

Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the body.

But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect.

Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

in order to set it apart and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,

in order to present it to Himself a splendid assembly, not having spot or wrinkle or any of this sort, but that it might be set-apart and blameless.

In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly.

But whoring and all uncleanness, or greed of gain, let it not even be named among you, as is proper among set-apart ones –

Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

“For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.

However, you too, everyone, let each one love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she fears her husband.

Husbands, love your wives, as Messiah also did love the assembly and gave Himself for it,

Because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Messiah is head of the assembly, and He is Saviour of the body.

Love never fails. And whether there be prophecies, they shall be inactive; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be inactive.

But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

He who pursues righteousness and loving-commitment Finds life, righteousness and esteem.

Let not loving-commitment and truth forsake you – Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,

Do not strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no evil.

Do not envy a cruel man, And choose none of his ways;

For the perverse one is an abomination to יהוה, And His secret counsel is with the straight.

The curse of יהוה is on the house of the wrong, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

He certainly scoffs the scoffers, But gives favour to the humble.

The wise do inherit esteem, But fools are bearing away shame!

Thus finding favour and good insight In the eyes of Elohim and man.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any are disobedient to the Word, they, without a word, might be won by the behaviour of their wives,

For “He who wishes to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit,

let him turn away from evil and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it.

“Because the eyes of יהוה are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers, but the face of יהוה is against those who do evil.”

And who is the one doing evil to you, if you become imitators of the good?

But even if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not fear their threats, neither be troubled.”

But set apart יהוה Elohim in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer to everyone asking you a reason concerning the expectation that is in you, with meekness and fear,

having a good conscience, so that when they speak against you as doers of evil, those who falsely accuse your good behaviour in Messiah, shall be ashamed.

For it is better, if it is the desire of Elohim, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Because even Messiah once suffered for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to Elohim, having been put to death indeed in flesh but made alive in the Spirit,

in which also He went and proclaimed unto the spirits in prison,

having seen your blameless behaviour in fear.

who were disobedient at one time when the patience of Elohim waited in the days of Noaḥ, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight beings, were saved through water,

which figure now also saves us: immersion – not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward Elohim – through the resurrection of יהושע Messiah,

who, having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of Elohim, messengers and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him.

Your adornment should not be outward – arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses –

but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit, which is of great value before Elohim.

For in this way, in former times, the set-apart women who trusted in Elohim also adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands,

as Sarah obeyed Aḇraham, calling him master, of whom you became children, doing good, and not frightened by any fear.

In the same way, husbands, live understandingly together, giving respect to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the favour of life, so that your prayers are not hindered.

Who does find a capable wife? For she is worth far more than rubies.

In this is love, not that we loved Elohim, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning offering for our sins.

And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.

And יהוה Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone, I am going to make a helper for him, as his counterpart.”

By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;

See life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of futility. For that is your share in life, and in your toil which you have laboured under the sun.

Beloved ones, if Elohim so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

wishing to be teachers of Torah, understanding neither what they say nor concerning what they strongly affirm.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers, but do not have love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

Love is patient, is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, is not puffed up,

does not behave indecently, does not seek its own, is not provoked, reckons not the evil,

does not rejoice over the unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth,

it covers all, believes all, expects all, endures all.

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

“But I say to you that everyone looking 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 as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as She’ol; Its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Yah!

Many waters are unable to extinguish love, And floods do not wash it away. If one would give all the wealth of his house for love, It would be utterly scorned.

And Elohim created the man in His image, in the image of Elohim He created him – male and female He created them.

And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creeping creatures on the earth.”

The one who does not love does not know Elohim, for Elohim is love.

Who does find a capable wife? For she is worth far more than rubies.

The heart of her husband shall trust her, And he has no lack of gain.

She shall do him good, and not evil, All the days of her life.

with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

But you have not so learned Messiah,

if indeed you have heard Him and were taught by Him, as truth is in יהושע:

that you put off – with regard to your former behaviour – the old man, being corrupted according to the desires of the deceit,

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

and that you put on the renewed man which was created according to Elohim, in righteousness and set-apartness of the truth.

Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another.

“Be wroth, but do not sin.” Do not let the sun go down on your rage,

nor give place to the devil.

Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, so that he has somewhat to share with those in need.

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for the use of building up, so as to impart what is pleasant to the hearers.

being eager to guard the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace –

But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

Were you called while a slave? It matters not to you, but if you are able to become free too, rather use it.

For he who is called in the Master while a slave is the Master’s freed man. Likewise he who is called while free is a slave of Messiah.

You were bought with a price, do not become slaves of men.

Brothers, let each one remain with Elohim in that calling in which he was called.

And concerning maidens: I have no command from the Master, but I give judgment as one whom the Master in His compassion has made trustworthy.

I think then that this is good because of the present necessity, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

But even if you should marry, you have not sinned. And if a maiden should marry, she has not sinned. But such shall have pressure in the flesh, but I would spare you.

And this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

and those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,

and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.

And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.

But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.

There is a difference between a wife and a maiden. The unmarried woman is concerned about the matters of the Master, that she might be set-apart both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please her husband.

And this I say for your own good, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and to attend to the Master without distraction.

And if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his maiden, if she is past the flower of her youth, and so it should be, let him do what he desires, he does not sin – let them marry.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, and has authority over his own desire, and has so decided in his heart to guard his own maiden, does well.

So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

A wife is bound by Torah as long as her husband lives, and if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Master.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

But she is better off if she remains as she is, according to my opinion. And I think I also have the Spirit of Elohim.

Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.

make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, one in being and of purpose,

For I have no one else of the same mind, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare.

For all seek their own interests, not those of Messiah יהושע.

But you know he has proven himself, that as a son with his father he served with me for the Good News.

So I expect to send him as soon as I see how it goes with me,

and I trust in the Master that I myself shall also come shortly.

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditos, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and your emissary and servant to my need,

since he was longing for you all, and being troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

For indeed he was sick, near to death, but Elohim had compassion on him, and not only on him but on me as well, lest I should have sadness upon sadness.

Therefore I sent him more eagerly, so that on seeing him again you might rejoice, and I be less sad.

Receive him therefore in the Master with all joy, and hold such as he in esteem,

doing none at all through selfishness or self-conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

because for the work of Messiah he was near death, risking his life, to fill up what was lacking in your service toward me.

Each one should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;

For you, brothers, have been called to freedom, only do not use freedom as an occasion for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.

So I resolve that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, giving no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake in vain.

Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

and those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,

and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the scene of this world is passing away.

And I wish you to be without concern. He who is unmarried is concerned about the matters of the Master – how to please the Master.

But he who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please his wife.

There is a difference between a wife and a maiden. The unmarried woman is concerned about the matters of the Master, that she might be set-apart both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned about the matters of the world – how to please her husband.

And this I say for your own good, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and to attend to the Master without distraction.

And if anyone thinks he is behaving improperly toward his maiden, if she is past the flower of her youth, and so it should be, let him do what he desires, he does not sin – let them marry.

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, and has authority over his own desire, and has so decided in his heart to guard his own maiden, does well.

So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

A wife is bound by Torah as long as her husband lives, and if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Master.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

But she is better off if she remains as she is, according to my opinion. And I think I also have the Spirit of Elohim.

Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.

And He answering, said to them, “Did you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female,

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what Elohim has joined together, let man not separate.

And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.

But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.

And it has been said, ‘Whoever puts away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

But I say to you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the matter of whoring, makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a woman who has been put away commits adultery.

We love Him because He first loved us.

And delight yourself in יהוה, And let Him give you the desires of your heart.

Love does no evil to a neighbour. Therefore, love is completion of the Torah.

And if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the belief and is worse than an unbeliever.

Loving-commitment and truth shall meet, Righteousness and peace shall kiss.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

Most men proclaim each his own loving-commitment, But who finds a trustworthy man?

Houses and riches are the inheritance from fathers, But an understanding wife is from יהוה.

You have put heart into me, My sister, my bride; You have put heart into me With one glance of your eyes, With one bead of your necklace.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be pleasing before You, O יהוה, my rock and my redeemer.

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