What the Bible says about Lust Creates Restlessness
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Proverbs 30:15-16 Each of these illustrates what greed does to the life of a person suffering from impossible-to-be-fulfilled desires. The ache and the yearning never cease, and the restless pursuit goes on, resulting in unhappiness. John W. Ritenbaugh The Tenth Commandment (1998) Related Topics: Coveting | Desire, Control of | Desire, Inordinate | Dissatisfaction | Grass is Always Greener Yearnings | Greed | Lust | Lust Creates Dissatisfaction | Lust Creates Restlessness | Restlessness | Tenth Commandment | The Tenth Commandment | Unfulfilled Desire | Yearning

1 Timothy 6:6-10 These verses show how we can know—if we are honest with ourselves—when we are coveting: by the fruit produced! Lust "drown[s] men in destruction and perdition" and "pierces one through with many sorrows." When we want something so badly we are not happy without it, we are coveting. Coveting's emotional effect is sorrow, pain, remorse, guilt, restlessness, and dissatisfaction. John W. Ritenbaugh The Tenth Commandment (1998) Related Topics: Coveting | Covetousness | Dissatisfaction | Lust | Lust Creates Dissatisfaction | Lust Creates Remorse | Lust Creates Restlessness | Lust Creates Sorrow | Remorse | Restlessness | Sin Creates Guilt | Sin Creates Restlessness | Sorrow | Tenth Commandment | The Tenth Commandment

 

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