• 2 Timothy 3:1-5
  But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
   
• Romans 8:7
  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
   
• Ephesians 2:1-3
  And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
   
• Ezekiel 28:15-17
  You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
  Till iniquity was found in you.
  "By the abundance of your trading
  You became filled with violence within,
  And you sinned;
  Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
  Out of the mountain of God;
  And I destroyed you, O covering cherub,
  From the midst of the fiery stones.
  "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
  You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
  I cast you to the ground,
  I laid you before kings,
  That they might gaze at you.
  
   
• Luke 18:9-14
  Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
   
• Galatians 5:17
  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
   
• Revelation 3:17-18
  Because you say, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
   
• Isaiah 14:12-14
  "How you are fallen from heaven,
  O Lucifer, son of the morning!
  How you are cut down to the ground,
  You who weakened the nations!
  For you have said in your heart:
  'I will ascend into heaven,
  I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
  I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
  On the farthest sides of the north;
  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
  I will be like the Most High.'
  
   
• Jeremiah 17:9
  " The heart is deceitful above all things,
  And desperately wicked;
  Who can know it?
  
   
• 1 John 2:16-17
  For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
   
• Genesis 6:5
  Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
   
• Colossians 3:5-7
  Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.
   
• Matthew 5:27-28
  "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
   
• Romans 1:21-22
  because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools,
   
• 1 Corinthians 10:12
  Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
   
• Galatians 5:19-21
  Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
   
• 1 Kings 19:4
  But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, 'It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!'
   
• Matthew 25:41-46
  "Then He will also say to those on the left hand, "Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me." "Then they also will answer Him, saying, "Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?" Then He will answer them, saying, "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me." And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
   
• Romans 3:11-12
  There is none who understands;
  There is none who seeks after God.
  They have all turned aside;
  They have together become unprofitable;
  There is none who does good, no, not one."
  
   
• 1 Corinthians 4:7
  For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
   
• Philippians 2:3-4
  Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
   
• Jude 1:6
  And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;
   
• Exodus 20:17
  "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
   
• Deuteronomy 5:21
  'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
   
• Deuteronomy 8:11-14
  “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
   
• Judges 21:25
  In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
   
• Psalm 10:4
  The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
  God is in none of his thoughts.
   
• Proverbs 13:10
  By pride comes nothing but strife,
  But with the well-advised is wisdom.
  
   
• Proverbs 21:4
  A haughty look, a proud heart,
  And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
  
   
• Proverbs 26:16
  The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
  Than seven men who can answer sensibly.
  
   
• Isaiah 56:11
  Yes, they are greedy dogs
  Which never have enough.
  And they are shepherds
  Who cannot understand;
  They all look to their own way,
  Every one for his own gain,
  From his own territory.
  
   
• Matthew 24:12
  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
   
• Matthew 24:37
  But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
   
• Mark 7:20-23
  And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man."
   
• Luke 12:15
  And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."
   
• John 12:25
  He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
   
• Romans 7:18-20
  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.
   
• Romans 7:23
  But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
   
• 1 Corinthians 8:2
  And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
   
• Ephesians 4:22
  that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
   
• James 1:14-16
  But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.
   
• James 4:1
  Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?
   
• James 4:7
  Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
   
• 1 John 3:16-17
  By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
   
• Deuteronomy 8:17-18
  then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
   
• Deuteronomy 32:15
  "But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
  You grew fat, you grew thick,
  You are obese!
  Then he forsook God who made him,
  And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
   
• 1 Kings 19:10
  So he said, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
   
• Proverbs 10:8
  The wise in heart will receive commands,
  But a prating fool will fall.
  
   
• Proverbs 23:7
  For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
  " Eat and drink!" he says to you,
  But his heart is not with you.
  
   
• Proverbs 26:12
  Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
  There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  
   
• Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
  I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity. I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?” I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove. I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me. I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all kinds. So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
  Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
  I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
  For my heart rejoiced in all my labor;
  And this was my reward from all my labor.
  Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
  And on the labor in which I had toiled;
  And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
  There was no profit under the sun.
   
• Ecclesiastes 7:29
  Truly, this only I have found:
  That God made man upright,
  But they have sought out many schemes."
  
   
• Ezekiel 28:12-13
  "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
  "You were the seal of perfection,
  Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  You were in Eden, the garden of God;
  Every precious stone was your covering:
  The sardius, topaz, and diamond,
  Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
  Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
  The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
  Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
  
   
• Amos 6:3-6
  Woe to you who put far off the day of doom,
  Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
  Who lie on beds of ivory,
  Stretch out on your couches,
  Eat lambs from the flock
  And calves from the midst of the stall;
  Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
  And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
  Who drink wine from bowls,
  And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
  But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
  
   
• Matthew 6:1-2
  'Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
   
• Matthew 6:19
  “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
   
• Mark 7:6
  He answered and said to them, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:
  ' This people honors Me with their lips,
  But their heart is far from Me.
  
   
• Romans 1:28
  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
   
• Romans 1:31
  undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
   
• Romans 2:5
  But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
   
• Romans 2:8-9
  but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;
   
• Romans 13:14
  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
   
• 1 Corinthians 3:3
  for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?
   
• 2 Corinthians 10:5
  casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
   
• Ephesians 4:17
  This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
   
• Ephesians 4:19
  who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
   
• Ephesians 4:28
  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.
   
• Ephesians 4:31
  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
   
• Colossians 2:18
  Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
   
• Hebrews 10:29
  Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
   
• James 3:14
  But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
   
• 2 Peter 3:3
  knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
   
• Genesis 11:4
  And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
   
• Exodus 32:9
  And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!
   

Related Scriptures

• Matthew 15:18-19
  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
   
• Romans 12:1-3
  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
   
• Galatians 5:13-16
  For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
   
• 1 Corinthians 8:1
  Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.
   
• Genesis 3:6
  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
   
• Acts 2:44-46
  Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
   
• 2 Corinthians 5:10
  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
   
• Colossians 3:1-4
  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
   
• 1 Peter 5:5-7
  Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
  "God resists the proud,
  But gives grace to the humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
   
• Job 41:34
  He beholds every high thing;
  He is king over all the children of pride.'
   
• Ephesians 4:2-3
  with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
   
• Philippians 2:5-8
  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
   
• 1 Timothy 6:6-8
  Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
   
• Hebrews 4:12
  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
   
• 1 Peter 2:21
  For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
  
   
• Genesis 3:1
  Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, "You shall not eat of every tree of the garden"?"
   
• Job 32:1-2
  So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.
   
• Job 33:9
  ‘I am pure, without transgression;
  I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
   
• Psalm 51:10
  Create in me a clean heart, O God,
  And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
  
   
• Isaiah 1:4
  Alas, sinful nation,
  A people laden with iniquity,
  A brood of evildoers,
  Children who are corrupters!
  They have forsaken the LORD,
  They have provoked to anger
  The Holy One of Israel,
  They have turned away backward.
  
   
• Jeremiah 6:10
  To whom shall I speak and give warning,
  That they may hear?
  Indeed their ear is uncircumcised,
  And they cannot give heed.
  Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them;
  They have no delight in it.
  
   
• Matthew 5:43-48
  "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
   
• Mark 12:30
  And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." This is the first commandment.
   
• Luke 8:14
  Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
   
• John 13:35
  By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
   
• Acts 10:38
  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
   
• Acts 20:35
  I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
   
• Romans 12:9-10
  Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
   
• Romans 12:13
  distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
   
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
   
• Galatians 6:14
  But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
   
• Ephesians 4:32
  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
   
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10
  For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
   
• Titus 2:11-13
  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
   
• Hebrews 13:5
  Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
   
• James 3:17
  But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
   
• Exodus 20:14
  "You shall not commit adultery.
  
   
• Leviticus 19:18
  You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.