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Bible Verses About Lust
Find Bible verses about lust — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about lust?
The Bible addresses lust with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
1 John 2:16
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.”
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Matthew 5:28
“but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
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James 1:14
“But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.”
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Galatians 5:16
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
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James 4:2
“You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.”
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Proverbs 6:25
“Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.”
James 1:15
“Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.”
Romans 1:27
“Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of thei...”
1 Corinthians 10:6
“Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.”
Romans 1:24
“Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,”
Ephesians 2:3
“among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.”
1 Thessalonians 4:5
“not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;”
Ephesians 4:19
“who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.”
2 Timothy 2:22
“Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
Romans 6:12
“Therefore don't let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.”
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1 Peter 4:2 — “that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the ...”
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