James 1:15

Easy To Read Version

This desire causes sin. Then the sin grows and brings death.

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree you will die!”

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw the tree was beautiful. She saw the fruit was good to eat. And it was exciting that the tree would make her wise. So the woman took fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some of the fruit to him and he ate it.

2 Samuel 11:4

David sent messengers to go and bring Bathsheba to him. When she came to David, he had sexual relations with her. She washed herself, and then went back to her house.

Job 15:35

Evil people are always planning ways\par to do evil and cause trouble.\par They are always planning ways\par to cheat people.”\par

Psalm 7:14

Some people are always planning trouble.\par They make secret plans and tell lies.\par

Psalm 9:17

People who forget God are bad.\par They will go to the place of death.\par

Proverbs 11:19

Truly, goodness brings life. But evil people chase after evil and find death.

Isaiah 33:11

You people have done useless things. Those things are like hay and straw. They are worth nothing! Your spirit {\cf2\super [306]} will be like a fire and burn you.

Isaiah 59:4

No person tells the truth about other people. People sue each other in court, and they depend on false arguments to win their cases. They tell lies about each other. They are full of trouble, and they give birth to evil.

Matthew 26:14

Then one of the twelve followers went to talk to the leading priests. This was the follower named Judas Iscariot.

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.

James 1:14

It is the evil things a person wants that tempt that person. His own evil desire leads him away and holds him.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.