lust

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1. lust - Noun

2. lust - Verb

Meaning

Inclination; desire.

Pleasure.

Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.

Licentious craving; sexual appetite.

Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.

To list; to like.

To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. Ephrem the Syrian

Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God. Augustine of Hippo

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. Jimmy Carter

Lust never sleeps. American Proverb

A man is known to be mortal by two things, sleep and lust. English Proverb

He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart. Dutch Proverb

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