Quick List of Bible References (NIV based)

The following is a list of common counseling topics and sin stronghold topics.  For each there are listed several Bible references that can be applied in counseling that particular topic.  You can print out this document double-sided, staple and fold it in half, and keep it in the back of your Bible for quick reference.

ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD
-- ""But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken"" (Matthew 12:36).
-- "...each person was judged according to what he had done" (Revelation 20:13c).
-- "But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed" (Romans 2:5).

AGITATION or DISCONTENT or UNGRATEFULNESS
-- "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.  And be thankful" (Colossians 3:15).
-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain" (1 Timothy 6:6).

ANGER 
--  "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice" (Ephesians 4:31).
-- "...Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold" (Ephesians 4:26b-27).
-- "...Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires" (James 1:19b-20).
-- "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger" (Proverbs 15:1).

ARGUING or COMPLAINING
-- "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out  the word of life" (Philippians 2:14-16).
-- "Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels" (2 Timothy 2:23).

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
-- "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:12-13).
-- "...God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you"" (Hebrews 13:5b).
-- ""My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand"" (John 10:27-29).

BITTERNESS
--  "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice" (Ephesians 4:31).
-- "See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many" (Hebrews 12:15).

CONFESSING SINS
-- "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
-- "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).
-- "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.  For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.  Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.  I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"‑‑ and you forgave the guilt of my sin" (Psalm 32:3-5).

COVETING or LUSTING
-- ""You shall not covet your neighbor's house.  You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor"" (Exodus 20:17).
-- ""You have heard that it was said, `Do not commit adultery.'   But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart"" (Matthew 5:27-28).

CUSSING or CURSING
-- ""You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name"" (Exodus 20:7).
-- "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.  Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.  My brothers, this should not be" (James 3:9-10).
-- "But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips" (Colossians 3:8).

DISOBEDIENCE
-- "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  "Honor your father and mother"‑‑which is the first commandment with a promise‑‑ "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth"" (Ephesians 6:1-3).
-- "[Jesus] replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it"" (Luke 11:28).
-- ""Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.  He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him"" (John 14:21).

DEPRESSION or SADNESS
-- "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:1-3).
-- "We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed" (2 Corinthians 4:8-9). 
-- "...I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.  ...I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want" (Philippians 4:11b;12b).
-- "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones" (Proverbs 17:22).
-- "[The Lord] heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds" (Psalm 147:3).
-- "The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.  He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners" (Isaiah 61:2).

DRUNKENNESS
-- "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery.  Instead, be filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18).
-- "Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.  Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags" (Proverbs 23:19-21).

FEAR
-- "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me" (Psalm 23:4).
-- "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity [fear], but a spirit of power, of love and of self‑discipline" (2 Timothy 1:7).
-- ""Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.  Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell"" (Matthew 10:28).

FIGHTING
-- ""Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God"" (Matthew 5:9).
-- ""...Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you..."" (Matthew 5:44).
-- "What causes fights and quarrels among you?  Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?  You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight.  You do not have, because you do not ask God.  When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures" (James 4:1-3).

GREED or MATERIALISM
-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.  People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.  Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.  But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness" (1 Timothy 6:5-11).
-- ""No one can serve two masters.  Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve both God and Money"" (Matthew 6:24).
-- "Then he said to them, "Watch out!  Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions"" (Luke 12:15).

GUILT
-- "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1).
-- "Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.   Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful" (Hebrews 10:19-23).

HATE or RACISM or FAVORITISM
-- ""The second [greatest commandment] is this: `Love your neighbor as yourself.'"" (Mark 12:31).
-- ""But I [Jesus] tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.  He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.  If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?"" (Matthew 5:44-46a).
-- "My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism" (James 2:1).
-- "For God does not show favoritism [racism]" (Romans 2:11).

HOMOSEXUALITY
-- ""If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.  They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads"" (Leviticus 20:13).
-- "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.  They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator‑‑who is forever praised.  Amen.  Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts.  Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.  In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.  Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion" (Romans 1:24-27).

IMPATIENCE
-- "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.  Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up" (Romans 15:1-2).
-- "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love" (Ephesians 4:2).
-- "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you" (Colossians 3:13).

JUDGING
-- "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things" (Romans 2:1).
-- ""Do not judge, or you too will be judged.  For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you"" (Matthew 7:1-2).
-- "Brothers, do not slander one another.  Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it.  When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it" (James 4:11).

IDOLATRY
-- ""You shall have no other gods before me.  You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.  You shall not bow down to them or worship them..."" (Exodus 20:3-5a).

INSECURITY
-- "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6).
-- ""For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"" (Jeremiah 29:11).

LAZINESS
-- "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody" (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12).
-- "One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys" (Proverbs 18:9).
-- "The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work" (Proverbs 21:25).

LYING or SLANDER
-- ""You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor"" (Exodus 20:16).
-- "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body" (Ephesians 4:25).
-- "Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator" (Colossians 3:9-10).
-- "To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.  Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."" (John 8:31-32).

MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS
-- "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody" (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12).

MOCKING
-- "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:1-2).
-- "The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning" (Proverbs 14:6).
-- "If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer." (Proverbs 9:12).

OVEREATING (GLUTTONY)
-- "Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags" (Proverbs 23:20-21).
-- "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?  You are not your own; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your body" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
-- ""Everything is permissible for me" ‑‑but not everything is beneficial.  "Everything is permissible for me" ‑‑but I will not be mastered by anything.  "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food" ‑‑but God will destroy them both.  The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body" (1 Corinthians 6:12-13).

PEER PRESSURE
-- ""Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong"" (Exodus 23:2a).
-- "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world..." (Romans 12:2a).
-- "My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.  If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul; let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"‑‑ my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood" (Proverbs 1:10-16).

PRIDE
-- ""God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble"" (James 4:6b).
-- "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18).
-- "A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor" (Proverbs 29:23). 
-- "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up" (James 4:10).

REBELLION
-- "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established.  The authorities that exist have been established by God.  Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves" (Romans 13:1-2).
-- Under an (obsolete) Old Testament law, "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.  They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious.  He will not obey us.  He is a profligate and a drunkard."  Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death.  You must purge the evil from among you.  All Israel will hear of it and be afraid" (Deuteronomy 21:18-21).
-- "Some [men] sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, prisoners suffering in iron chains, for they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High" (Psalms 107:10-11).

REVENGE
-- ""Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.  I am the LORD"" (Leviticus 19:18).
-- "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.  On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.  In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:18-21).

SALVATION
-- "...This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.  He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.  They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power..." (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9).
-- "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
-- "By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.  Otherwise, you have believed in vain.  For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve.  After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time" (1 Corinthians 15:2-6).
-- ""For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"" (John 3:16).
-- "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved" (Romans 10:9-10).
-- "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me"" (John 14:6).
-- "..."Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved..."" (Acts 16:31a).
-- "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:12-13).

SELF-CONTROL
-- "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.  It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self‑controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age" (Titus 2:11-12).
-- "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self‑control" (Galatians 5:22-23).

SEXUAL IMMORALITY or WILD LIVING (DEBAUCHERY)
-- "The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body."; ..."Flee from sexual immorality.  All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?  You are not your own; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your body."  (1 Corinthians 6:13b,18-20).
-- "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).
-- "It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him.  The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you.  For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.  Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8).
-- "The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.  I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God" (Galatians 5:19-21).

SIN or UNREPENTANT
-- "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins" (James 4:17).
-- "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it" (James 2:10).
-- ""If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the LORD's commands, even though he does not know it, he is guilty and will be held responsible"" (Leviticus 5:17).
-- "But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy"" (1 Peter 1:15-16).
-- "You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness" (Ephesians 4:22-24).
-- "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.  A man reaps what he sows.  The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:7-8).
-- "I cried out to him [God] with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.  If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer" (Psalm 66:17-19).

STEALING
-- ""You shall not steal"" (Exodus 20:15).
-- "He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need" (Ephesians 4:28).
-- "The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"  and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."  Love does no harm to its neighbor" (Romans 13:9-10).

SUFFERING
-- "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God" (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).
-- "To keep me from becoming conceited..., there was given me a thorn in my flesh, ...to torment me. 
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"" (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
-- "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith‑‑of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire‑‑may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed" (1 Peter 1:6-7).
-- "For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God.  But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?  But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.  To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.  "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."  When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.  Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.  He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:19-24).
-- "Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.  But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed."  ..."So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good" (1 Peter 4:12-13,19).
‑‑ "...we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" (Romans 5:3‑5).
‑‑ "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.  Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:2‑4).

TATTOOS
-- ""Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves.  I am the LORD"" (Leviticus 19:28).

TEMPTATION
-- "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  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 stand up under it" (1 Corinthians 10:13).
-- "When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me."  For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed" (James 1:13-14).

UNFORGIVENESS
-- "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32).
-- see Matthew 18:21-35 [verses 34a,35 - ""In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured... This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.""]
-- ""For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins"" (Matthew 6:14-15).
-- "Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you‑‑ for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others" (Ecclesiastes 7:21-22).
-- "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

UNWHOLESOME TALK
-- "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" (Ephesians 4:29).
-- ""But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken"" (Matthew 12:36).
-- "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.  Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving" (Ephesians 5:3-4).
-- "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14).

WEAKNESS
-- "I can do everything through [Christ] who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).
-- "..."My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"" (2 Corinthians 12:9).
-- "...for the joy of the LORD is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10c).

WITCHCRAFT or MAGIC
-- "Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.  Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you.  You must be blameless before the LORD your God.  The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.  But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so" (Deuteronomy 18:10-14).

WORLDLINESS
-- "Do not love the world or anything in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For everything in the world‑‑the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does‑‑comes not from the Father but from the world" (1 John 2:15-16).
-- "You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?  Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God" (James 4:4).
-- "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight" (1 Corinthians 3:19a).
-- "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ" (Colossians 2:8).
-- "As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.  All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts.  Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions‑‑it is by grace you have been saved" (Ephesians 2:1-5).

WORRY or ANXIETY
--  see Matthew 6:25-34 [verses 25,32b-34 - ""Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ...your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.""]
-- "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7).
-- "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).
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Works Cited:
Bible. “The Holy Bible: New International Version.” The Bible Library CD-ROM. Oklahoma City, OK: Ellis Enterprises, 1988.
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