THE SCRIPTURES , BEING CAREFUL AND ENJOYING LIFE

 

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV / 152 helpful votes  

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

James 4:17 ESV / 73 helpful votes 

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 61 helpful votes 

One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

Proverbs 22:3 ESV / 32 helpful votes 

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Galatians 5:16 ESV / 23 helpful votes  

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

CARELESS SEX AND PROVING A POINT

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 116 helpful votes  

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 98 helpful votes  

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 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.

AN OLD PERSON CANNOT BE LIKE A YOUNG MAN

2 Timothy 2:22 ESV / 49 helpful votes  

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

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 46 helpful votes 

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 44 helpful votes 

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Romans 13:13 ESV / 42 helpful votes 

Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 42 helpful votes 

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

Ephesians 5:3 ESV / 40 helpful votes 

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 30 helpful votes 

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,