James 4:1

First Nations Version

Where do the wars, fights, and arguments among you come from? Do they not come from the selfish desires that wage war in your own bodies?

Cross References

1 Peter 2:11

So then, my much-loved ones, you who are strangers and outsiders to the ways of this world, I speak to you now with strong words. Stay far away from the weak and broken desires within you that make war against who you are.

Galatians 5:17

For our broken human desires go against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit go against our broken human desires. They are at war with each other, and this struggle keeps you from doing the things you want to do.

Romans 7:23

but there is another law, rooted in my humanity, that fights against Creator’s law in my thoughts and makes me a prisoner of the law of broken ways that has taken root in my weak and broken humanity.

Romans 8:7

For the thoughts of our weak human minds are against the ways of the Great Spirit. These thoughts will not and cannot surrender to Creator’s law.

James 1:14

We are the ones who tempt ourselves when we are lured away and trapped by our own desires.

1 Peter 1:14

Because you are the children of the Great Spirit, follow all his instructions. Do not walk with a bad heart, as you did in the past when you did not know the things you know now.

Colossians 3:5

So let the death of the Chosen One kill in you all that is of the ways of this world. These are things such as improper sexual desires, spiritual impurity, uncontrolled emotions that lead to wrong desires, evil ways, and always wanting more than you need. These desires come from listening to lying spirits.

2 Peter 3:3

I want to remind you, first of all, that in the last days there will come scoffers who will laugh with scorn. Following their own bad hearts,

James 4:3

When you ask for things, you do not receive them because you ask for the wrong reasons, wanting to satisfy your own selfish desires.

2 Peter 2:18

With empty boasts and puffed-up words, they prey on people’s weak human desires and lure them back into the wrong ways of those they have just escaped from.

Titus 3:3

For it was not that long ago that we were also foolish and misled rebels who let our evil desires rule over us. Some of us were even bad-hearted, jealous troublemakers, hated by others and hating each other.

Titus 3:9

But stay away from foolish arguments about ancestors, from things that cause division, and from conflicts about our tribal law. Arguments like these are worthless and will not help anyone.

Romans 7:5

For when we walked in our broken human ways, the law stirred up our evil desires, so that we bore fruit for death.

Matthew 15:19

It is from the heart that come things such as the taking of lives, unfaithful marriages, uncontrolled sexual desires, stealing, lying, and speaking against the Great Spirit.

John 8:44

Your father is Accuser (Satan), the evil trickster. You are doing what he wants, for he was the first to take the life of another. He stands outside of the truth, because truth has no home in him. He speaks with a forked tongue and twists his words. His lies show who he truly is. He is a liar and the father of all that is false.

2 Timothy 2:23

Have nothing to do with foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they stir up further arguments.