I mean, I suppose you could get a Bible from the ancient days, in original Israelite language, and then translate it to basic english word for word. The point is, Bibles are different, some Bibles may have added parts, others may have removed parts, some Study aids could contain the viewpoint of an author who could be completely wrong. Even this website you're viewing write now could be completely wrong. My suggestion is going to Bible.com and comparing all the different Bibles, because differences will be seen clearly.

Many people have proposed what the Bible is about and explained a list of virtues...the Seven Deadly Sins, although not directly stated in any Bible, can be recognized, now these are not always literally deadly, can be indirectly deadly. For in Hebrews 12 it states, "The Lord Disciplines His Children, and if they are not disciplined, they are not true children." Now this is not to say we don't sin, because it's impossible to not sin in some cases.

Pride/Vanity: (Many people have a hard time understanding this deadly sin). Many believe it to be worshipping yourself, others believing in excessive belief in one's own capabilities, others believe it is doing anything for yourself, many say that the other sins are a result of this sin. Honestly in my own opinion I would believe this would be best exemplified as someone who has done a lot of accomplishments and has filled his house with rewards and pictures of himself, more like being a vain premadona than proud, but I could be wrong, this is probably the hardest deadly sin to grasp.

Galatians 6
4Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,

1 Corinthians 4
6Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.
So although I could be wrong, this could mean there is a difference in types of pride.
Contrary Virtue: Humility
Philippians 2
3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Now, in accordance with Phillipians 2, I would be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn't do something out of selfish ambition. Even if you were completely humble, making yourself lowly, you still selfishly want to get into heaven, and don't we all selfishly want to get in heaven? In today's world, we're run by cars, which cost money, sometimes lots of money, some of us want houses, some of us want good educations for our children, but those things cost money...Lots of money...more money than we probably have...And we will be spending money, and you can't be a slave to both God and money...but that's literally impossible these days. Well, not impossible, but you will live a sad life if you don't depend on money for some things. Albeit selfish, the only thing I would want for myself is a nice house, maybe enough to fit 4-5 people, nothing special. Seeing as how my family already owns countless material things, I no longer need to buy anything. When I grow up, the only thing I would really need to buy would be a house and a car, and some money used to support a family...there are many people out there with many children and in the long run find themselves struggling financially. As an adult I would maybe go as far as 2-3 children and stop there. Now of course, I would need some money for my own family. Now if I could just stand up and rid the world of money, I would, but that's just not going to happen. I could try, but no matter how hard you try, there are just some things in this world you can't change. Even Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, couldn't change the Pharisees' evil behavior. So bottom line, you're going to have to repent, and repent a lot you will.

Envy: Jealousy, not happy because you don't have something someone else has
James 3
16For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
Contrary virtue: kindness

Ephesians 2 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. Greed: Being corrupted by money, wanting lots of stuff and getting mad if you can't have it
Proverbs 28
25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Contrary virtue: liberality
Esther 2
18 And the king gave a great banquet, Esther's banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.

Lust: Overly physical love without proper incentive (or in other words, sexual promiscuity; lustful actions with no intent of the child-birth)
1 Peter 4
3For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do--living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
Contrary virtue: Chastity
Anger: Just plain getting angry
Ecclesiastes 5
16 This too is a grievous evil:

As a man comes, so he departs,
and what does he gain,
since he toils for the wind?
17 All his days he eats in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
18 Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him-for this is his lot.

Contrary virtue: patience
Proverbs 19
11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

Gluttony: Consuming more than one requires (overeating)
Proverbs 23
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

Contrary virtue: abstinence
Now of course, we don't want you to stop eating. This just means not to eat normally, 3 meals a day, if you're hungry, you're hungry, don't make a big deal out of a snack here and there. Don't become anorexic, but also don't hoard food

Sloth: The avoidance of work (being lazy)
Hebrews 6
12We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
contrary virtue: diligence
Hebrews 6
11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

Colossians 3

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
This clearly indicates how God wanted people to live Now I have done some researching and many people are under a false assumption that Catholic beliefs are non-Biblical, which is not true...they just follow a different Bible. Catholics believe they are the only true church, but many believe they also practice idolatry by dressing in robes and gowns...thus exalting themself and doing away with the humility which they teach. Many people are under a false assumption that Jews don't believe in Jesus, which is not true, Jews believe Jesus existed but don't believe Jesus is the Son of God, but regard him as a mere mortal person. Many believe Pagans are unbelievers, which is not true, they just believe in multiple Gods. Many people have many beliefs...we could probably come up with a new religion right now, and if it was convincing enough, could get people to convert and stir up more controversy...Christians believe that that the only way to have a relationship with God is to ask the spirit of Christ to live inside you. And when you look at the virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins you begin to realize straight from Genesis through Revelation that two words remain the same in any Bible, Old or New Testament alike: Peace and Love. Although sounding much like the 70's hippy lifestyle, they however abused such love with lust, which is not love, but sin, and pleasure. So, is there any right religion? Probably not...God created everyone and wants everyone who believe in God and Christ to come to heaven. Now when you look at the Seven Deadly Sins, you begin to realize why such things were brought up, whether through Christianity or Catholicism or Judaism or Mormon, or any religion. Pride will create an ego that makes you think you're a hotshot and you end up being annoying and people won't like you.
Lust creates temptation that causes a desire for sex and ultimately could make more babies than you can handle, if you're not careful.
Anger creates hurt emotions and causes other people to do thing which put guilt on both parties' shoulders, and many people think that murder is the only way to kill somebody, but studies show that suicide can be caused by mere words of someone causing a great deal of emotional pain to someone, and is just as sinful. This is how ungodly acts happen.
Envy is jealousy, wanting something you don't own, which ultimately could lead to greed, which, could tempt you to steal, thereby disobeying the Ten Commandments.
Greed is keeping everything to yourself with no intent of giving, which goes against the very nature of God, God gives, simple as that.
Gluttony creates a greed for food and causes you to eat excessively, and many times, overeating is caused by depression, as a result of hurt emotions from mistreatment of others, or other peoples' anger. Sloth creates a boring life that keeps you deprived from human contact. As a matter of fact, you should probably stop reading this website right now and instead get up, and go do something.

Now this isn't to say that other things aren't sin. as in the case with 2 Timothy 1:7, it is stated God did not give us a spirit of timidity, as in the case with Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Life Warren states that God created introverts...although God did create the introvert, He did not create the spirit of shyness. So, now the question comes into play, where did shyness come from? Well, studies show that it could be past childhood experiences, anxiety/stress, or just the natural environment of the modern world. However, given the right environment, shyness is overcome. In most cases, shy people often become people who enjoy acting and pretending to be somebody their not, or in other words...acting, which in essence, makes them being themself, and not being themself at the same time. Confusing, huh? Some Christians actually believe that everything is sin, no matter what, which as in the case of 1 John 5, it is stated that we overcome life. It is also stated we are all called God's people, God's children, God is our Father, and 1 John 5 also states, "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin." It also states that Jesus is our Lord and, in nature was possessed by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the question, arrives, is Jesus God? Well, Jesus is the son of God. And God spoke through Jesus. The words of Jesus are the words of God.

Under 1 John 4 in the NIV Study Bible w/ notes from Phillip Yancey and Tim Stafford, it is written:

This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

This Study Aid also contains the viewpoint that states a belief of Gnosticism. "To Gnostics, all matter was evil. Only the Spirit was pure, and Gnostics sought to rise to a higher, more spiritual plane. This teaching often produces a side effect: People who strove to rise above matter didn't care about personal ethics. Their pure spirits could not be tainted by "earthly" sin. Thus, they could act any way they wanted.
The aging John roared out against the twin dangers of Gnosticism: immoral living and doubts that Christ had become a man. Beliefs must be judged by the actions they produce, and John stresses the theme of brotherly love. He primarily refuts errors by presenting a wholesome picture of the Christian life as it is supposed to be lived.
True fellowship is not a secret initiation into a New Age-type elite, but a relationship with the Father through Christ. And that also entails responsibilities to others in God's family." I know in my experiences, I lived without religion for the majority of my life but then started following Christianity...and I could feel some sort of spirit that I had never felt before...and therefore I had come to the conclusion that this spirit could only be from God. It was moreover confirmed when I began noticing the overwhelming power of it at church.

Many people are under a false assumption that the Seven Deadly Sins are not really deadly, but I strongly emphasize argument this case to any logical person.
Pride...again, in vanity, you begin to idolize yourself and don't really have any compassion on others. Many are under a false realization that people are selfish if they just want their own way, but everyone wants their own way, so anybody who argues someone getting their own way is a hypocrite, as in the case of Matthew 7, Judging someone ultimately makes you most like Satan. Now yes, sometimes it is necessary to get on someone's case about something if it really begins to become a problem. But first you must attempt to reason with the person like a logical human being. If it continues to be a problem, then you may have to discipline them lightly. If it continues to be a problem, then it might be necessary to step out and raise your voice a little bit, but don't go overboard. Now if you're in a situation, you have to ask yourself these questions
Did I try to find out what this person really likes to do, or did I just assume? Did I ask him/her questions about what he believes his personality to be? Did I try to help him/her explore new areas of his personality that he/she may have never even knew existed? Did he/she back down when I tried? Did I give up on the situation? Did this person belong to the family of believers? How long has this person been in the family of believers? Did I ever take that into consideration?
It is ok to change your personality in order to discover who you are, but it is not okay to just assume you are naturally an angry person, or naturally a greedy person...that's like saying, "I'm naturally suicidal, so I should go kill myself, or i'm naturally a shy person, so I should never talk."

Envy
See, now this one is tough. Many people may be jealous of others for a certain talent. Again, some people may need to understand this person may not be a believer of the Bible. Someone also may be jealous because of a thing someone else has, who is unwilling to share. This deadly sin will ultimately lead you right into anger or greed.

Greed
Well, basically, this is when you have something and are unwilling to share. In many cases it's with money, but that's not always true. Again, greed could lead into jealousy, or anger.

Anger
Well, anybody who gets angry, is probably going to hurt someone emotionally. I guess sometimes it can be necessary...but the important thing is you go back and make sure he/she understands that you were doing it for his own good, rather than just running away from the problem. Many believe that "Only God sets things right." Which in a way is true. #1, the ultimate source of the Bible was God, and God said through Paul that following Christ's example, and Christ said to go and make things right. Sometimes Christ got angry, but in his anger he was only doing it to improve the character of the believers, and therefore, it was credited to him as God's wrath. Now here's an odd presumption...many people believe in imitating Christ. And many believe Christ was filled with the Holy Spirit...so, the questions remains, wasn't it God in Jesus...in Paul...in John...so it remains a mystery to me. Equality with Christ, or God, is not something to be grasped. Phillip Yancey, in his book, the Jesus I Never Knew...explained it quite thoroughly. Many people try to stop sinning, which is good, but they still hold on to certain vices. He himself admitted greed was the hardest. I myself would admit timidity as my vice sin, although that was not classified as a deadly sin. Many people fall into the vice of lust.

Lust
Well, here's one that stirs up a lot of controversy. Many people are under the assumption sex is a natural thing. Well, if you're doing it to create life, wonderful. But don't do it all the time. Plus you have to take into consideration, how much can you handle? Are you ready for this committment? Are you even married to your partner? When and where am I committing this act? Even if you are doing this to create life, take into consideration if there are potential setbacks, and the golden rule...where are your other kids (if you have any)? If you're doing this with the door locked and the kid in the next room...THEY WILL KNOW! Kids are by nature, curious. So you have to understand when and where the best time for this is. Also, you might want to take into consideration, how many children is enough? How much money are you willing to use for them? Could you end up running out of money? In the course of my knowledge, we're running thin on just 2 people in college, and there's still one left to go...but that's mostly because the money we had was spent on things we don't even need. In other words, corrupted by greed.

Gluttony
Well, gluttony is pretty much the same as greed, except involving food, and if one person consumes too much, then others begin to get frustrated, and again, leads to anger. How do you prevent this? Well, again, this comes into play how many kids you have, and how much you buy, and trying to set the right example. Now yeah, you probably will end up feeling the need to eat more than three times a day, but you also need to justify between how much is enough. Using the nutrition guide tends to help, but not always.

Sloth
This one, to me, is extremely important. Many people fail to ever teach their children responsibility. A lot of times parents fall for the trick of allowances. A lot of times, people say, well, I should get paid for working. Well, when you're 25 years old, you're not going to get paid for being a parent, as nice as it would be, it just isn't going to happen. This is why the Bible teaches people to enjoy life...this life isn't happy. It's not supposed to be easy. It's not supposed to feel comfortable all the time, that's called loving the world, and having far too much fun, and making friends with this world, instead of heaven. This is what is meant by only loving the lovable. This is your test, are you overcoming the situation logically, or are you running away from your problem? And are you trying to help people overcome their problem? Are they even reasoning with you, or are they just doing what they want to do?

Here is a song called Youth of the Nation by P.O.D. that sums up the reality of the world and what happens if you commit the deadly sins without proper logical reconciliation.

Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would’ve known
Cause I didn’t kiss my mama goodbye

I didn’t tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared

Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school

But who knew that this day wasn’t like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn’t see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn’t hear nothing

Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don’t really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class

Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it’s because

chorus:
We are, We are, the youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel

Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself

She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces

Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It’s kind of hard when you ain’t got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then

You cross the line and there’s no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

chorus

Who’s to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don’t take away the pain

That I feel inside, I’m tired of all the lies
Don’t nobody know why
It’s the blind leading the blind

I guess that’s the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody’s got to know
There’s got to be more to life than this
There’s got to be more to everything
I thought exists

chorus

That pretty much sums it up. It's basically saying sometimes life is hard. And people give up on their problems, they don't like to solve. But that's what the Bible stands for...solving problems, experimenting on how to solve, that's what leads to growth. Sometimes, people don't like to change their behavior because they feel it won't get them anywhere. But this is a terrible misconception. You need to change some things about yourself. You don't have to like everything you do, but you will end up having to do some stuff you don't like to do. The Bible says God cares more about what you do then what you think. God understands you're by nature, negative sometimes. But that shouldn't stop you from doing what's needed to get the job done. So in essence, sometimes, it is necessary to change... otherwise, you could be found in a very difficult situation. Anyways, sometimes even just by attempting new things you discover your personality and things you never even knew existed within yourself. For instance, I always thought bowling was boring because I watched it on tv and seemed like boring old people, but when I played myself, I discovered it was so amazingly fun. I always thought cycling was fun and then I realized there was such a thing as uphill. I always thought I was bad at English and then one teacher stood up against my unwillingness to work harder to achieve a better grade. So, the moral of this website, and the Bible, is that people need to learn responsibility, and the difference between right and wrong. Any many people fail to grasp the concept. Now yeah, nobody really knows for sure what the right answer is, and sometimes it's gonna be hard. But if you took anything away from this message, I pray that you become a better person...not in the sense that you're better than anyone else, but that you learn a little about the right way to behave and act, and once again, the ability to discern right from wrong. In other words, I hope this helped in your personal growth.

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