Bible Verses About Lust – What Scriptures Teach About Overcoming Temptation

Whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. – Matthew 5:28

Flee from sexual immorality. – 1 Corinthians 6:18

Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality. – Romans 13:13

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed. – Colossians 3:5

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. – 1 John 2:16

For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. – 1 Samuel 16:7

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. – 1 John 2:15

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery. – Mark 7:21

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. – Proverbs 6:25

For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil. – Proverbs 5:3

For all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. – Matthew 26:52

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does so destroys his own soul. – Proverbs 6:32

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Walk in integrity and uprightness, keeping your heart and eyes pure. – Proverbs 6:22

Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company ruins good morals.’ – 1 Corinthians 15:33

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. – Psalm 51:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. – 1 Timothy 6:10

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. – Proverbs 6:32

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 Corinthians 10:13

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. – Proverbs 6:25

Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house. – Proverbs 5:8

For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. – Psalm 10:3

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. – Proverbs 6:25

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love. – Proverbs 5:18-19

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. – 1 John 2:16

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. – Matthew 5:8

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 Corinthians 6:18

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. – Galatians 6:7

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2

For out of the heart come evil thoughts—sexual immorality, theft, murder. – Matthew 15:19

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. – 1 Timothy 6:10

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. – Proverbs 6:25

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. – Hebrews 13:4

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. – Proverbs 31:30

For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness.’ – 1 Corinthians 3:19

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. – 1 Peter 3:3-4

For they have turned back to their idols, their gold and silver, which cannot deliver them. – Hosea 2:8

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. – Ephesians 5:3

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. – Mark 10:11

Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious! – Proverbs 9:17

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. – Matthew 5:28

The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. – 1 Corinthians 6:13

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. – Proverbs 6:32

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery. – Mark 7:21

I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. – Job 31:1

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age. – Titus 2:11-12