1 John 2:16

Catholic Public Domain Version

For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And so the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and beautiful to the eyes, and delightful to consider. And she took from its fruit, and she ate. And she gave to her husband, who ate.

Genesis 6:2

the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

Job 31:1

I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.

Psalm 73:6

they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.

Proverbs 27:20

Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.

Proverbs 6:25

Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.

Daniel 4:30

The same hour, the sentence was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven away from among men, and he ate hay like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair increased like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like those of birds.

Numbers 11:34

And that place was called, 'The Graves of Lust.' For there, they buried the people who had desired. Then, departing from the Graves of Lust, they arrived in Hazeroth, and they stayed there.

Numbers 11:4

So then, the mix of common people, who had ascended with them, were enflamed with desire, and sitting and weeping, with the sons of Israel joining them, they said, "Who will give us flesh to eat?

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took him up, onto a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Luke 4:5

And the devil led him onto a high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

Romans 13:14

Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things were done as an example for us, so that we might not desire evil things, just as they desired.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.

Galatians 5:24

For those who are Christ's have crucified their flesh, along with its vices and desires.

Ephesians 2:3

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

Titus 2:12

instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,

Titus 3:3

For, in times past, we ourselves were also unwise, unbelieving, erring, servants of various desires and pleasures, acting with malice and envy, being hateful and hating one another.

James 3:15

For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.

James 4:16

But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.

Joshua 7:21

For I saw among the spoils a very fine scarlet cloak, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a gold bar of fifty shekels. And coveting these, I took and hid them in the ground near the middle of my tent, and I covered the silver with the soil that I had dug."

1 Peter 1:14

Be like sons of obedience, not conforming to the desires of your former ignorance,

1 Peter 2:11

Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.

2 Peter 2:10

even more so, those who walk after the flesh in unclean desires, and who despise proper authority. Boldly pleasing themselves, they do not dread to introduce divisions by blaspheming;

2 Peter 2:18

For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error,