What Does the Bible Say About Compulsive Behavior?

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 3 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,

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 5:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

18 Bible Verses about Compulsive Behavior

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 5:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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18 Bible Verses about Compulsive Behavior

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2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 5:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes