James 1:14

but each one is tempted, being led away and enticed by his own desires;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

In Context

13Let no one who is being tempted say, “I am tempted from God,” for God is not tempted by evils, and Himself tempts no one,

15afterward the desire having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin having been perfected, brings forth death.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:21and YHWH smells the refreshing fragrance, and YHWH says to His heart, “I do not continue to disfavor the ground because of man anymore, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I do not continue to strike all living anymore, as I have done;

2 Samuel 11:2And it comes to pass, at evening-time, that David rises from off his bed, and walks up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and sees a woman bathing from the roof, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,

Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, || And I laid wait by the opening of my neighbor,

Proverbs 4:23Above every charge keep your heart, || For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.

Hosea 13:9You have destroyed yourself, O Israel, || But in Me [is] your help;

Matthew 15:18But the things coming forth from the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man;

Matthew Henry on James 1:14-19

Procedure and Results of Sin. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no… Read the whole commentary →

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