James 1:14

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

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4 songs meet this passage

  • “my name is Lucy, I'm your dog”

    Alright · Kendrick Lamar

    strains against James 1:14

    The personification of temptation ('Lucy') luring with wealth and pleasure illustrates the dynamic James warns of, being lured and enticed by one's own desire.

  • Daylight · David Kushner

    strains against James 1:14-15

    James traces how indulged desire deadens rather than satisfies; the song's loop of loving and hating the sin shows the trap James warns against, without yet breaking free of it.

  • Losing My Religion · R.E.M.

    strains against James 1:14-15

    Where James traces desire to its consequences with clarity, the song stays inside the spiral of fantasy and doubt without resolving where it leads.

  • “Like a devil on my shoulder you keep whisperin' in my ear”

    You Should Probably Leave · Chris Stapleton

    resonates with James 1:14-15

    The imagery of being lured and enticed matches James's description of how desire conceives and leads toward sin, which the narrator senses but doesn't fully resist.

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