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Proverbs 20:17
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel. (niv)
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Proverbs 23:31-32
Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. (niv)
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Proverbs 30:20
“ This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says,‘ I’ve done nothing wrong.’ (niv)
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James 1:14-15
but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. (niv)
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2 Kings 5 24-2 Kings 5 27
When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the things from the servants and put them away in the house. He sent the men away and they left.When he went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“ Where have you been, Gehazi?”“ Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered.But Elisha said to him,“ Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes— or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves?Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous— it had become as white as snow. (niv)
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Romans 7:8
But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. (niv)
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Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. (niv)
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Ephesians 5:12
It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. (niv)
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Proverbs 7:18-20
Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.” (niv)