Top 25 Bible Verses About Impure Thoughts (ESV)

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

31:1   “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

23   Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.