Love vs Lust

Matthew 5
27) Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28) But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

1 Samuel 16
7) But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Matthew 12
34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Luke 12
34) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35) Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36) And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Revelation 20
12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13) And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Ecclesiastes 12
13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.


Jeremiah 17
5) Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
6) For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
7) Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8) For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
9) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10) I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11) As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12) A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13) O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
14) Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
15) Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16) As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
17) Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

Jeremiah 11
20) But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Psalms 7
8) The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9) Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10) My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11) God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Mark 10
2) And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
3) And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4) And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5) And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6) But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8) And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9) What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10) And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11) And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12) And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7
1) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3) Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4) The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5) Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6) But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7) For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8) I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9) But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

27) Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28) But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29) But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30) And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31) And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32) But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33) But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
34) There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35) And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36) But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37) Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38) So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39) The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40) But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Ephesians 5
22) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24) Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27) That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29) For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30) For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33) Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Proverbs 31
1) The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2) What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3) Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
4) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5) Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6) Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7) Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8) Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9) Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10) Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
11) The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12) She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13) She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14) She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15) She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16) She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17) She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19) She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20) She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21) She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22) She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
23) Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24) She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25) Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26) She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
27) She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28) Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29) Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31) Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

1 Timothy 2
8) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9) In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10) But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11) Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12) But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13) For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14) And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15) Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

2 Timothy 2
15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
16) But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
17) And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18) Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19) Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20) But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21) If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22) Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23) But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24) And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25) In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26) And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

Proverbs 6
20) My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21) Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22) When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23) For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24) To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25) Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26) For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28) Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29) So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30) Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31) But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33) A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34) For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35) He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs 30
11) There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
12) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13) There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14) There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
15) The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
16) The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
17) The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
18) There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
19) The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 7
1) My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2) Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3) Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4) Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5) That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6) For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7) And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8) Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9) In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10) And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11) (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12) Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14) I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15) Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16) I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17) I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18) Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19) For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20) He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21) With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22) He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23) Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24) Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25) Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26) For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27) Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

1 Corinthians 6
9) Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10) Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12) All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13) Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14) And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15) Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16) What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17) But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Genesis 39
1) And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
2) And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3) And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4) And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5) And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6) And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7) And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8) But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9) There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10) And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11) And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12) And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13) And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14) That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15) And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16) And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17) And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18) And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19) And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20) And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21) But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22) And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23) The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.

James 4
1) From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2) Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4) Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5) Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6) But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9) Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

1 John 2
15) Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16) For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17) And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Galatians 5
16) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
17) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18) But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19) Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20) Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21) Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.