James 1:14

New English Translation

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 6:5

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

2 Samuel 11:4

David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.

Job 31:27

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

Job 31:9

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

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Hosea 13:9

I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

Matthew 15:20

These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

Matthew 4:1

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

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Romans 7:11

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

Romans 7:13

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Ephesians 4:22

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.

James 1:13

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

James 1:15

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.