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."

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the lusts of flesh.

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shades of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

O LORD my God, I cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.The LORD is nigh to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.He brought them out of darkness and the shades of death, and broke their bands asunder.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

But he was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Come to me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls.For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be healed of thy infirmity.

For with God nothing will be impossible.

The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Then he said, The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him may be saved.

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world giveth, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.

But God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts of it.Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God:

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants in obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.For the law of the Spirit of life, in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:

But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised Christ from the dead will also revive your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the lusts of flesh.

What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt good manners.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you;And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh:(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts:And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind;And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds;And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from lewdness.That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor;

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and piously, in this present world;

For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised:

Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:But as he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of deportment.Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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