James 1:14
Good News Translation
But we are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires.

New Revised Standard Version
But one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it;

Contemporary English Version
We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us.

New American Bible
Rather, each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured.

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James 4:1,2 From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members? . . .

Genesis 6:5 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Genesis 8:21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Joshua 7:21-24 For I saw among the spoils a scarlet garment, exceeding good, and two hundred sicles of silver, and a golden rule of fifty sicles: and I coveted them, and I took them away, and hid them in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver I covered with the earth that I dug up. . . .

2 Samuel 11:2,3 In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: And he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful. . . .

1 Kings 21:2-4 And Achab spoke to Naboth, saying: Give me thy vineyard, that I may make me a garden of herbs, because it is nigh, and adjoining to my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard: or if thou think it more convenient for thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. . . .

Job 31:9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:

Job 31:27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:

Proverbs 4:23 Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee.

Isaiah 44:20 Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.

Hosea 13:9 Destruction is thy own, O Israel: thy help is only in me.

Matthew 5:28 But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 15:18,20 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. . . .

Mark 7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

Romans 7:11,13 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, seduced me: and by it killed me. . . .

Ephesians 4:22 To put off, according to former conversation, the old man, who is corrupted according to the desire of error.

Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another every day, whilst it is called to day, that none of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Context
Good and Perfect Gifts
13Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man. 14But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. 15Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:6
And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.

2 Samuel 11:4
And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

James 1:13
Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.

James 1:15
Then, when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death.

James 1:13
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