James 1:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.

Genesis 6:5

The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Job 31:9

If I have desired someone's wife and chased after her,

Proverbs 4:23

Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.

Isaiah 44:20

How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burnt to ashes? No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

Hosea 13:9

Israel, you are done for. Don't expect help from me.

Matthew 15:18

But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Matthew 15:20

These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.

Matthew 4:1

The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert, so that the devil could test him.

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that if you look at another woman and want her, you are already unfaithful in your thoughts.

Romans 7:11

Sin used this command to trick me, and because of it I died.

Romans 7:13

Am I saying that something good caused my death? Certainly not! It was sin that killed me by using something good. Now we can see how terrible and evil sin really is.

Ephesians 4:22

You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits.

Hebrews 3:13

You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called “today”. If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn.

James 1:13

Don't blame God when you are tempted! God cannot be tempted by evil, and he doesn't use evil to tempt others.

James 1:15

Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us, it leaves us dead.