33 Bible Verses To Overcome Lusts and Masturbation

 33 Bible Verses To Overcome Lusts and Masturbation

Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 11:2-4

“One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.” 2 Samuel 11:2-4

What is Lust?

Lust is a feeling of a strong desire to do something or involve in a deed that leads to sin. It is a spirit that causes the desire to be having sex with anyone you see through images, watching films or videos, or face to face, etc.

Damages that lust has caused to people

Pornography is a source of evil, and it leads to terrible egregious sin. Practicing pornography has led many people to become harlotry, while some are daily customers to prostitutes. Besides, porn is one of the reasons why stealing, rape, kidnapping, murder, sexual immorality like the opposite sex, same-sex, fornication, and adultery are arising within the youths.

Many Christian today are struggling with pornography and masturbation, while uncountable are under the control and influence of fornication or adultery. If you are among such people, this is the right time to examine yourself and fully ready to be free and heal from this terrible attack.

The Bible Verses to Overcome Lusts

The following are the Bible Verses that you can use to set free from pornography. Study them, meditate them, and applying them to your daily life.

1.      “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13

2.      “With God, all things are possible.” Luke 1:37

3.      “All things are possible for those that believe.” Mark 9:23

4.      “But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.” 1 John 1:9

5.      “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32

6.      “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:36

7.      “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

8.      “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

9.      “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. Don’t consider yourself to be wise; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.” Proverbs 3:5-7

10.  My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways, for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well. Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men. Proverbs 23:26-27

11.  Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.” Colossians 3:5

12.  “But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:28

13.  “Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23.

14.  “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2

15.  “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7

16.  “Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.” Proverbs 6:25

17.  “The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” Romans 13:12-14

18.  “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor–not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

19.  “I have made an agreement with my eyes. Then how can I look with lust at a virgin?” Job 31:1

20.  “But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.” James 1:14-15

21.  “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2

22.  “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16

23.  “I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.” Romans 6:19

24.  “My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course.” Proverbs 23:19

25.  “Turn my eyes from looking at what is worthless; give me life in Your ways.” Psalm 119:37

26.  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” 1 John 2:16-17

27.  “But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.” Ephesians 5:3

28.  “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians 6:11-13

29.  “Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.” 1 Corinthians 10:14

30.  “Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

31.  “If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy2:21-22

32.  “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.” James 4:7-8

33.  “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything, worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” Philippians 4:8