Ephesians 5:3

New Century Version

But there must be no sexual sin among you, or any kind of evil or greed. Those things are not right for God’s holy people.

Cross References

Psalm 10:3

They brag about the things they want. They bless the greedy but hate the Lord.

Psalm 119:36

Make me want to keep your rules instead of wishing for riches.

Exodus 18:21

But choose some capable men from among the people—men who respect God, who can be trusted, and who will not change their decisions for money. Make these men officers over the people, to rule over groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 20:17

“You must not want to take your neighbor’s house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 23:13

“Be sure to do all that I have said to you. You must not even say the names of other gods; those names must not come out of your mouth.

Proverbs 28:16

A ruler without wisdom will be cruel, but the one who refuses to take dishonest money will rule a long time.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But you only look for and think about what you can get dishonestly. You are even willing to kill innocent people to get it. You feel free to hurt people and to steal from them.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“Everyone, from the least important to the greatest, is greedy for money. Even the prophets and priests all tell lies.

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. Everyone, from the least important to the greatest, is greedy for money. Even the prophets and priests all tell lies.

Ezekiel 33:31

So they come to you in crowds as if they were really ready to listen. They sit in front of you as if they were my people and hear your words, but they will not obey them. With their mouths they tell me they love me, but their hearts desire their selfish profits.

Leviticus 15:18

“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman and semen comes out, both people must bathe in water; they will be unclean until evening.

Micah 2:2

They want fields, so they take them; they want houses, so they take them away. They cheat people to get their houses; they rob them even of their property.

Numbers 25:1

While the people of Israel were still camped at Acacia, the men began sinning sexually with Moabite women.

Matthew 15:19

Out of the mind come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual sins, stealing, lying, and speaking evil of others.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns.”

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees, who loved money, were listening to all these things and made fun of Jesus.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.

Acts 20:33

When I was with you, I never wanted anyone’s money or fine clothes.

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, selfishness, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst about each other. They gossip

Romans 16:2

I ask you to accept her in the Lord in the way God’s people should. Help her with anything she needs, because she has helped me and many other people also.

Romans 6:13

Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin, as things to be used in doing evil. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used in doing good.

1 Corinthians 10:8

We must not take part in sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day twenty-three thousand of them died because of their sins.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually being said that there is sexual sin among you. And it is a kind that does not happen even among people who do not know God. A man there has his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not for sexual sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:18

So run away from sexual sin. Every other sin people do is outside their bodies, but those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies.

2 Corinthians 12:21

I am afraid that when I come to you again, my God will make me ashamed before you. I may be saddened by many of those who have sinned because they have not changed their hearts or turned from their sexual sins and the shameful things they have done.

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what those people do in secret.

Ephesians 5:5

You can be sure of this: No one will have a place in the kingdom of Christ and of God who sins sexually, or does evil things, or is greedy. Anyone who is greedy is serving a false god.

Philippians 1:27

Only one thing concerns me: Be sure that you live in a way that brings honor to the Good News of Christ. Then whether I come and visit you or am away from you, I will hear that you are standing strong with one purpose, that you work together as one for the faith of the Good News,

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and greed. This is really serving a false god.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

God wants you to be holy and to stay away from sexual sins.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin.

1 Timothy 2:10

Instead, they should do good deeds, which is right for women who say they worship God.

1 Timothy 3:3

He must not drink too much wine or like to fight, but rather be gentle and peaceable, not loving money.

1 Timothy 6:10

The love of money causes all kinds of evil. Some people have left the faith, because they wanted to get more money, but they have caused themselves much sorrow.

2 Timothy 3:2

because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants.

Titus 1:11

These people must be stopped, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach, which they do to get rich by cheating people.

Titus 1:7

As God’s managers, overseers must not be guilty of doing wrong, being selfish, or becoming angry quickly. They must not drink too much wine, like to fight, or try to get rich by cheating others.

Titus 2:3

In the same way, teach older women to be holy in their behavior, not speaking against others or enslaved to too much wine, but teaching what is good.

Hebrews 12:16

Be careful that no one takes part in sexual sin or is like Esau and never thinks about God. As the oldest son, Esau would have received everything from his father, but he sold all that for a single meal.

Joshua 7:21

Among the things I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia and about five pounds of silver and more than one and one-fourth pounds of gold. I wanted these things very much for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent, with the silver underneath.”

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock, for whom you are responsible. Watch over them because you want to, not because you are forced. That is how God wants it. Do it because you are happy to serve, not because you want money.

2 Peter 2:10

That punishment is especially for those who live by doing the evil things their sinful selves want and who hate authority. These false teachers are bold and do anything they want. They are not afraid to speak against the angels.

2 Peter 2:14

Every time they look at a woman they want her, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into the trap of sin, and they have taught their hearts to be greedy. God will punish them!

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money, so they will use you by telling you lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you: You have some there who follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak how to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food offered to idols and by taking part in sexual sins.

Revelation 2:21

I have given her time to change her heart and turn away from her sin, but she does not want to change.

Revelation 21:8

But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the evil people, those who do evil magic, who sin sexually, who murder, who worship idols, and who love lies and tell lies.

Revelation 9:21

These people did not change their hearts and turn away from murder or evil magic, from their sexual sins or stealing.

1 Samuel 8:3

But Samuel’s sons did not live as he did. They tried to get money dishonestly, and they accepted money secretly to make wrong judgments.