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Good and Perfect Gifts

James 1:14

In 9 translations

BSB
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
KJV
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
WEB
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
ASV
but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
LSV
but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;
YLT
and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,
DBY
But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
DRC
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.
GNV
But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος·
RP2018
ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται, ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος.
TR-Boyd
ἕκαστος δὲ πειράζεται, ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἐξελκόμενος καὶ δελεαζόμενος.
SCR1894
εκαστος δε πειραζεται υπο της ιδιας επιθυμιας εξελκομενος και δελεαζομενος

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 7:21–22For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  • Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
  • Matthew 15:18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
  • Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
  • Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
  • Romans 7:13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly…
  • Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • James 4:1–2What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you? You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not…
  • Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
  • Romans 7:11For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  • Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
  • Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
  • Job 31:27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
  • 2 Samuel 11:2–3One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This…
  • Joshua 7:21–24When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the…
  • Matthew 15:20These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

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