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pride.

1 Samuel 2:3 (#1 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)


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"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God
who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.
Proverbs 8:13 (#2 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Proverbs 11:2 (#3 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 (#4 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 16:18 (#5 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 29:23 (#6 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 (#7 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Isaiah 2:11 (#8 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD
alone will be exalted in that day.
Obadiah 1:3 (#9 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your
home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?'
2 Corinthians 12:20 (#10 of 10 Bible Verses about Pride and Arrogance)
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For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find
me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger,
factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
Anger
#1 Bible Verse About Anger- Don't Be A Fool!
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's vexation is known at once, But a prudent man conceals dishonor.

# 2 Bible Verse about Anger- Slow to Anger


James 1:19-20
This you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to
anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.
#3 Anger Bible Verse- From the book of Proverbs
Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.
#4 Bible Verse On Anger and Temper- Don't let the sun go down while you are mad
Ephesians 4:26-27
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil
an opportunity.
# 5 Bible Verse to Help with Anger Problems
Matthew 5:22 (RSV)
But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment;
whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, `You fool!' shall be
liable to the hell of fire.
# 6 Bible Verses for Dealing with Anger
Psalm 30:4-5
Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. For His anger
is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy
comes in the morning.
# 7 Bible Verse About Anger- Don't use harsh words
Proverbs 15:1
A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
# 8 Anger Bible Verse- Watch your Words
Ephesians 4:29-32

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for
edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. And
do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all
bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all
malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ
also has forgiven you.
# 9 Bible Verse About Anger
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
#10 Bible Verse About Anger- Cease from Anger
Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing
Everyone has things they struggle with and if yours is Anger, I pray these Bible Verses were
helpful. Please add any other Bible Verses about Anger that were not on this list in the comments
so this can be a better source for those that find this.
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1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 501 helpful votes


No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let
you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 213 helpful votes


Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion,
seeking someone to devour.

James 1:12-15 ESV / 163 helpful votes


Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will
receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when
he is tempted, I am being tempted by God, for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he
himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own
desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings
forth death.

1 John 2:16 ESV / 124 helpful votes


For all that is in the worldthe desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in
possessionsis not from the Father but is from the world.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 119 helpful votes


Do not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals.

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 90 helpful votes


Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which
wage war against your soul.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 80 helpful votes


All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I
will not be enslaved by anything.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 76 helpful votes


Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery,
enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies,
and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.

Proverbs 20:1 ESV / 76 helpful votes


Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

James 4:7 ESV / 69 helpful votes


Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Romans 13:14 ESV / 62 helpful votes


But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Proverbs 6:27 ESV / 53 helpful votes


Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the
sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV / 39 helpful votes


And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal
glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 John 3:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes


Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the
beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

Matthew 6:13 ESV / 38 helpful votes


And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 35 helpful votes


Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice
homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit
the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified,
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Romans 5:3-5 ESV / 35 helpful votes


More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and
endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame,
because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given
to us.

John 8:36 ESV / 34 helpful votes


So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Titus 2:12 ESV / 32 helpful votes


Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright,
and godly lives in the present age,

Romans 8:1-2 ESV / 31 helpful votes


There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the
Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

Philippians 4:4-7 ESV / 29 helpful votes


Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to
everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 50:15 ESV / 29 helpful votes


And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV / 28 helpful votes


And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes


Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Galatians 5:24-25 ESV / 21 helpful votes


And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we
live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes


But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 19 helpful votes


And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Psalm 121:1-2 ESV / 19 helpful votes


A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help
comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

James 1:2-3 ESV / 18 helpful votes


Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing
of your faith produces steadfastness.

Romans 8:5-6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the
flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 17 helpful votes


But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed
adultery with her in his heart.

Ephesians 5:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes


For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is
covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes


But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is
guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindlernot even to
eat with such a one.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV / 15 helpful votes


So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed
day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory
beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are
unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Matthew 18:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes


Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to
the one by whom the temptation comes!

2 Peter 2:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes


They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever
overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

Hebrews 4:15-16 ESV / 14 helpful votes


For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who
in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw
near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Romans 6:6-7 ESV / 14 helpful votes

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought
to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free
from sin.

Proverbs 23:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes


Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

Romans 13:13-14 ESV / 13 helpful votes


Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality
and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Luke 6:20-49 ESV / 12 helpful votes


And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is
the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed
are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and when
they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their
fathers did to the prophets. But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your
consolation. ...

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 11 helpful votes


Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will
judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Ephesians 5:18-20 ESV / 11 helpful votes


And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord
with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ,

Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 11 helpful votes


The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to
understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and
equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth Let the wise
hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, ...

Romans 6:17-18 ESV / 10 helpful votes

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart
to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin,
have become slaves of righteousness.

Luke 7:47 ESV / 10 helpful votes


Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgivenfor she loved much. But he who is
forgiven little, loves little.

Matthew 26:29 ESV / 10 helpful votes


I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you
in my Father's kingdom.

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 10 helpful votes


Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after
fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, If you
are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread. But he answered, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of
God. Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Jude 1:24-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes


Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the
presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,
be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes


But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes


For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 9 helpful votes


You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is
no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. You are
the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it
under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your

light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father
who is in heaven.

Hosea 4:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes


Whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.

Isaiah 5:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes


Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late
into the evening as wine inflames them!

1 Peter 4:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes


As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Matthew 5:29-30 ESV / 8 helpful votes


If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one
of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes
you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than
that your whole body go into hell.

Romans 14:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes


It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.

Psalm 104:14-15 ESV / 5 helpful votes


You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring
forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and
bread to strengthen man's heart.

Galatians 5:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes


For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of
slavery.

Romans 8:12-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes


So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live
according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you
will live.

Romans 6:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of
the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to
righteousness?

Jonah 1:1-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes


Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that
great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me. But Jonah rose to flee to
Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to
Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the
presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. Then the mariners were afraid, and
each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it
for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast
asleep. ...
Lying
Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:
Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Psalms 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his
delight.
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to
shame.
Proverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Hosea 11:12 Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit:
but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a
deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall
make them afraid.
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth
in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost,
and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which
is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his
deeds;
1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
James 3:1 My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater
condemnation.
Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers,
and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 437 helpful votes


Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the
sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 ESV / 365 helpful votes


For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each
one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust
like the Gentiles who do not know God;

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 270 helpful votes


No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let
you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 216 helpful votes


But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed
adultery with her in his heart.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 179 helpful votes


If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 168 helpful votes


Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will
judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Ephesians 5:5 ESV / 165 helpful votes


For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is
covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 155 helpful votes


Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice
homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit
the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 138 helpful votes

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each
woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 6:13-20 ESV / 121 helpful votes


Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for foodand God will destroy both one and
the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the
body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your
bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members
of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one
body with her? For, as it is written, The two will become one flesh. But he who is joined to the
Lord becomes one spirit with him. ...

1 Thessalonians 4:3 ESV / 119 helpful votes


For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Colossians 3:5 ESV / 103 helpful votes


Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Galatians 5:19 ESV / 92 helpful votes


Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 83 helpful votes


So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who
call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:11 ESV / 74 helpful votes


Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which
wage war against your soul.

John 8:34 ESV / 72 helpful votes


Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 69 helpful votes


You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Mark 7:20-23 ESV / 64 helpful votes

And he said, What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart
of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness,
deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and
they defile a person.

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 62 helpful votes


Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with
lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 57 helpful votes


You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you that everyone
who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Corinthians 6:13 ESV / 54 helpful votes


Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for foodand God will destroy both one and
the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the
body.

Romans 1:25-28 ESV / 44 helpful votes


Because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature
rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to
dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to
nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with
passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves
the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave
them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

John 14:15 ESV / 42 helpful votes


If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

2 Corinthians 12:21 ESV / 41 helpful votes


I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn
over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality,
and sensuality that they have practiced.

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 41 helpful votes


If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they
shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 40 helpful votes


But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as
is proper among saints.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 40 helpful votes


But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality,
makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV / 38 helpful votes


For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons
of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy
arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought
captive to obey Christ,

1 Corinthians 10:8 ESV / 38 helpful votes


We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in
a single day.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 38 helpful votes


To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her
husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and
the husband should not divorce his wife.

Matthew 15:19-20 ESV / 37 helpful votes


For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness,
slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.

Job 31:1 ESV / 37 helpful votes


I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 37 helpful votes


Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh.

Proverbs 5:18-19 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 34 helpful votes


You shall not commit adultery.

Jude 1:7 ESV / 32 helpful votes


Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual
immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of
eternal fire.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes


But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 31 helpful votes


Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery,
enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies,
and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV / 31 helpful votes


Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice
homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit
the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified,
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV / 29 helpful votes


But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is
guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindlernot even to
eat with such a one.

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 28 helpful votes


And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against
her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes


Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and
everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Mark 9:42 ESV / 27 helpful votes


Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a
great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 26 helpful votes


For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural
relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with
women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with
men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Jeremiah 23:14 ESV / 26 helpful votes


But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in
lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have
become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Romans 13:11-14 ESV / 25 helpful votes


Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation
is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then
let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the
daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling
and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its
desires.

Acts 15:20 ESV / 25 helpful votes


But should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual
immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

Luke 16:18 ESV / 23 helpful votes


Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a
woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Deuteronomy 23:17-18 ESV / 23 helpful votes

None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a
cult prostitute. You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of
the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your
God.

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes


Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under
punishment until the day of judgment,

Proverbs 12:20 ESV / 21 helpful votes


Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy.

2 Samuel 13:1-21 ESV / 20 helpful votes


Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time
Amnon, David's son, loved her. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because
of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to
her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother.
And Jonadab was a very crafty man. And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you so
haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's sister. Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And
when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to
eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand. ...

1 Corinthians 5:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes


It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not
tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes


And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another,
commits adultery.

Proverbs 12:21 ESV / 18 helpful votes


No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29 ESV / 16 helpful votes


If a man meets a virgin who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are
found, then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of
silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.

Proverbs 12:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes


Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes


The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Leviticus 18:6-23 ESV / 15 helpful votes


None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she
is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether brought up in the family or in
another home. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's
daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness. ...

Mark 10:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes


And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?

Leviticus 19:20 ESV / 13 helpful votes


If a man lies sexually with a woman who is a slave, assigned to another man and not yet
ransomed or given her freedom, a distinction shall be made. They shall not be put to death,
because she was not free;

Romans 8:1-13:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes


There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the
Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done
what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of
the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who
live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

John 15:5 ESV / 11 helpful votes


I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much
fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Philemon 1:1-25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow
worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always
when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have
toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, ...

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 9 helpful votes


Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon
you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Galatians 5:16-24 ESV / 8 helpful votes


But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of
the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are
opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by
the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality,
impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions,
divisions, ...

Judges 19:1-30 ESV / 8 helpful votes


In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote
parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
And his concubine was unfaithful to him, and she went away from him to her father's house at
Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months. Then her husband arose and went after
her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He had with him his servant and a couple of
donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house. And when the girl's father saw him, he
came with joy to meet him. And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he
remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and spent the night there. And on the fourth
day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the girl's father said to his son-inlaw, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go. ...

Proverbs 27:20 ESV / 7 helpful votes


Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

Proverbs 21:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes


Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Proverbs 6:26 ESV / 7 helpful votes


For the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious
life.

Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes


To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes


But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to
you.

Proverbs 7:25-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes


Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim has she
laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the
chambers of death.

Proverbs 5:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes


Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.

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