James 1:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Once those cravings conceive, they give birth to sin; and when sin grows up, it gives birth to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death.

James 1:15 Cross References

Genesis 2:17

but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”

Genesis 3:6

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

2 Samuel 11:4

And Dawiḏ

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and bring forth wickedness, even their womb prepares deception.”

Psalm 7:14

See, he who is bound with wickedness, And has conceived trouble and brought forth falsehood,

Psalm 9:17

The wrong return to the grave, All the gentiles that forget Elohim.

Proverbs 11:19

Thus righteousness leads to life, And one pursuing evil, to his own death.

Isaiah 33:11

“You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble, your spirit devours you like fire.

Isaiah 59:4

No one calls for righteousness, and no one pleads for truth. They trust in emptiness and speak worthlessness; they conceive trouble and bring forth wickedness.

Matthew 26:14

Then one of the twelve, called Yehuḏ

Matthew 5:28

“But I say to you that everyone looking at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

James 1:14

But each one is enticed when he is drawn away by his own desires and trapped.

James 1:18

Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.