James 1:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and the tree was desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 6:5

When the Lord saw how great the wickedness of human beings was on earth, and how every desire that their heart conceived was always nothing but evil,

Genesis 8:21

When the Lord smelled the sweet odor, the Lord said to himself: Never again will I curse the ground because of human beings, since the desires of the human heart are evil from youth; nor will I ever again strike down every living being, as I have done.

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he took her to bed, at a time when she was just purified after her period; and she returned to her house.

Job 31:27

And had my heart been secretly enticed to blow them a kiss with my hand,

Job 31:9

If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;

Proverbs 4:23

With all vigilance guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

Isaiah 44:20

He is chasing ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray; He cannot save himself, does not say, “This thing in my right hand—is it not a fraud?”

Hosea 13:9

I destroy you, Israel! who is there to help you?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile.

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.” The Canaanite Woman’s Faith.

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and through it put me to death.

Romans 7:13

Did the good, then, become death for me? Of course not! Sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin, worked death in me through the good, so that sin might become sinful beyond measure through the commandment.

Ephesians 4:22

that you should put away the old self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires,

Hebrews 3:13

Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,” so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.

James 1:13

No one experiencing temptation should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God is not subject to temptation to evil, and he himself tempts no one.

James 1:15

Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.