James 1:14

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

Cross References (19)

  • Mark 7:21–22 (42)

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

  • Ephesians 4:22 (32)

    to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

  • Matthew 15:18 (26)

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

  • Hebrews 3:13 (15)

    But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

  • Proverbs 4:23 (11)

    Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  • Romans 7:13 (11)

    Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produ

  • James 4:1–2 (10)

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  • Matthew 5:28 (10)

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Isaiah 44:20 (9)

    He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my

  • Genesis 6:5 (8)

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his

  • Romans 7:11 (8)

    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

  • Job 31:27 (7)

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

  • Job 31:9 (7)

    If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

  • Joshua 7:21–24 (5)

    When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fif

  • 2 Samuel 11:2–3 (5)

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman ba

  • Matthew 15:20 (4)

    These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

  • 1 Kings 21:2–4 (4)

    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give

  • Genesis 8:21 (3)

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve

  • Hosea 13:9 (-2)

    You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.