James 1:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
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“Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 1:15 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 4:5but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Job 15:35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Matthew 26:14Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
- Matthew 26:48Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”
- Acts 5:1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Romans 6:21What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).