Protect your heart:
"My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for length of days and long life and peace they will add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, and so find favor and high esteem in the sight of God and man." Proverbs 3:1-4
"My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."
Proverbs 4:20-24
"My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light;" Proverbs 6:20-23
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
"If riches increase, do not set your heart on them." Psalm 62:10
"My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;" Psalm 101:6
"My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life."
Proverbs 4:20-24
"My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother. Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them around your neck. When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light;" Proverbs 6:20-23
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21
"If riches increase, do not set your heart on them." Psalm 62:10
"My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;" Psalm 101:6
Your heart controls your actions:
"Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Matthew 12:34
"Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." Matthew 15:11
"Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 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." Matthew 15:17-19
"Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." Matthew 15:11
"Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 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." Matthew 15:17-19
Stay far from temptation and sin:
"You who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked." Psalm 97:10
"A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident." Proverbs 14:16
"A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished." Proverbs 27:12
"Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:9-11
"Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones." Proverbs 3:7-8
"You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him." Leviticus 19:17
"Do not be deceived: ‘Evil company corrupts good habits.’" 1 Corinthians 15:33
"My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent." Proverbs 1:10
"Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them."
Romans 16:17
"Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing." Deuteronomy 7:26
"He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence." Psalm 101:7
"Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23
"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." Romans 12:2
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded." James 4:7-8
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." 1 Peter 5:8-9
"Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house." Proverbs 5:8
"My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live,"…."that they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words." …"With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with her flattering lips she seduced him."…"He did not know it would cost his life."…"Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths." Proverbs 7:1,2,5,21,23,25
"A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident." Proverbs 14:16
"A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished." Proverbs 27:12
"Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:9-11
"Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones." Proverbs 3:7-8
"You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him." Leviticus 19:17
"Do not be deceived: ‘Evil company corrupts good habits.’" 1 Corinthians 15:33
"My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent." Proverbs 1:10
"Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them."
Romans 16:17
"Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing." Deuteronomy 7:26
"He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence." Psalm 101:7
"Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life." Proverbs 4:23
"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." Romans 12:2
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you
sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded." James 4:7-8
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." 1 Peter 5:8-9
"Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house." Proverbs 5:8
"My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you. Keep my commands and live,"…."that they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words." …"With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with her flattering lips she seduced him."…"He did not know it would cost his life."…"Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths." Proverbs 7:1,2,5,21,23,25
Fighting temptation:
"Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to
those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed." James 1:12-14
"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you
are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." 1 Corinthians 10:13 [52]
"then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment," 2 Peter 2:9
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." Romans 6:14
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19
"For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts." Romans 6:7-12
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
"A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; he rages against all wise judgment." Proverbs 18:1
those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed." James 1:12-14
"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you
are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it." 1 Corinthians 10:13 [52]
"then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment," 2 Peter 2:9
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." Romans 6:14
"Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10:19
"For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts." Romans 6:7-12
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
"A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; he rages against all wise judgment." Proverbs 18:1
You must be bound first before sin can control you:
"Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house." Matthew 12:29
"And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor." Matthew 27:2
"for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage." 2 Peter 2:19
"Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." James 1:15
"And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor." Matthew 27:2
"for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage." 2 Peter 2:19
"Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death." James 1:15
The Devil seeks to destroy us:
"And the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’" Genesis 3:13
"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." 1 Peter 5:8-9
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to
Satan, ‘From where do you come?’ So Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.’" Job 1:6-7
"So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head." Job 2:7
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly." John 10:10
"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one." 1 John 5:19
"But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of the age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them." 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms
himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works." 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
"He who scatters has come up before your face, man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily. For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob like the excellence of Israel, for the emptiers have emptied them out and ruined their vine branches." Nahum 2:1-2
"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of the 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." Ephesians 2:1-3
"Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He
sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it." John 8:42-44
"Therefore we wanted to come to you-even I, Paul, time and again- but Satan hindered us." 1 Thessalonians 2:18
"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in
the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world." 1 Peter 5:8-9
"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to
Satan, ‘From where do you come?’ So Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.’" Job 1:6-7
"So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head." Job 2:7
"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more
abundantly." John 10:10
"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one." 1 John 5:19
"But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of the age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them." 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms
himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works." 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
"He who scatters has come up before your face, man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily. For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob like the excellence of Israel, for the emptiers have emptied them out and ruined their vine branches." Nahum 2:1-2
"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of the 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." Ephesians 2:1-3
"Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He
sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it." John 8:42-44
"Therefore we wanted to come to you-even I, Paul, time and again- but Satan hindered us." 1 Thessalonians 2:18
