James 1:15

New International Reader's Version

When these desires are allowed to remain, they lead to sin. And when sin is allowed to remain and grow, it leads to death.

Cross References

Genesis 2:17

But you must not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you will certainly die.”

Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree’s fruit was good to eat and pleasing to look at. She also saw that it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him. And he slept with her. Then she went back home. All of that took place after she had already made herself “clean” from her monthly period.

Job 15:35

Instead of having children, ungodly people create suffering. All they produce is evil. They are full of lies.”

Psalm 7:14

Whoever is full of evil plans trouble and ends up telling lies.

Psalm 9:17

Sinful people go down to the place of the dead. So do all the nations that forget God.

Proverbs 11:19

Surely right living leads to life. But whoever runs after evil finds death.

Isaiah 33:11

Assyria, your plans and actions are like straw. Your anger is a fire that will destroy you.

Isaiah 59:4

People aren’t fair when they present cases in court. They aren’t honest when they state their case. They depend on weak arguments. They tell lies. They plan to make trouble. Then they carry it out.

Matthew 26:14

One of the 12 disciples went to the chief priests. His name was Judas Iscariot.

Matthew 5:28

But here is what I tell you. Do not even look at a woman in the wrong way. Anyone who does has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

James 1:14

But each person is tempted by their own evil desires. These desires lead them on and drag them away.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth. He wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.