Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lusts' occurs 28 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lusts' in the standard works and contain 7.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Pet. 4:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 24 0 24
Mark 1 0 1
John 1 0 1
Rom. 3 0 3
Gal. 1 0 1
Eph. 2 0 2
1 Tim. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 3 0 3
Titus 2 0 2
James 2 0 2
1 Pet. 4 0 4
2 Pet. 2 0 2
Jude 2 0 2
BM 3 0 3
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 28 0 28

1 Pet. 1:14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

1 Pet. 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

1 Pet. 4:2
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

1 Pet. 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: