James 1:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

2 Samuel 11:4

So David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.

Job 31:27

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand;

Job 31:9

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

Proverbs 4:23

Keep your heart with all vigilance; for from it flow the springs of life.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

Hosea 13:9

I will destroy you, O Israel; who can help you?

Matthew 15:18

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

Matthew 4:1

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

Matthew 5:28

But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Romans 7:11

For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me and by it killed me.

Romans 7:13

Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

Ephesians 4:22

Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts,

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

James 1:13

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

James 1:15

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-grown brings forth death.