1 John 2:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

Job 31:1

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Psalm 73:6

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

Psalm 78:18

Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

Psalm 78:30

But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

Proverbs 27:20

The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

Proverbs 6:25

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Daniel 4:30

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

Numbers 11:34

So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.

Numbers 11:4

And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

Matthew 4:8

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

Luke 4:5

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

Galatians 5:24

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

Ephesians 2:3

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

Titus 2:12

Training us so that, turning away from evil and the desires of this world, we may be living wisely and uprightly in the knowledge of God in this present life;

Titus 3:3

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

James 3:15

This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

James 4:16

But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

Joshua 7:21

When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

1 Peter 1:14

Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

1 Peter 2:11

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

2 Peter 2:10

But specially those who go after the unclean desires of the flesh, and make sport of authority. Ready to take chances, uncontrolled, they have no fear of saying evil of those in high places:

2 Peter 2:18

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;