Topic

Falling Into Temptation

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1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 4:1–11

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:9

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

James 1:12–16

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:10–18

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:13

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

John 14:15

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

1 John 5:14–15

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

Romans 13:14

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Hebrews 4:15

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Galatians 6:1

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Exodus 15:26

and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

1 John 2:1

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

2 Timothy 2:22

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Psalms 91:1–16

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Romans 14:13

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother’s way, or an occasion of falling.

Luke 22:46

and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

Proverbs 24:16

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Luke 22:40

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

James 1:14

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

James 4:7

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 5:3

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

2 Corinthians 10:4

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds);

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Proverbs 27:1–27

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:11

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

1 Corinthians 7:1–40

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:10

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.

1 Corinthians 3:1–23

And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:1–25

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? — read the full passage →

Romans 6:11

Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:12

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

Luke 8:13

And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Matthew 26:1–75

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples, — read the full passage →

Matthew 4:1–25

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 16:18

Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Deuteronomy 8:1–20

All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers. — read the full passage →

Genesis 39:1–23

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

James 1:1–5:20

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:18

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

2 Timothy 1:1–18

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 1:5

But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned:

Ephesians 1:17–19

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 1:8

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:1–39

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Romans 3:1–31

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

Mark 3:1–20

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Jude 1:24–25

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, — read the full passage →

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

James 1:13

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

2 Corinthians 12:1–13:14

I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

John 14:1–16:33

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Luke 4:13

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.

Matthew 4:7

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

Isaiah 1:1–31

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Psalms 143:1–12

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:1–24

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. — read the full passage →

Psalms 50:1–80:19

The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. — read the full passage →

Psalms 19:1–25:22

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:10

Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

1 John 2:1–2

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

2 Peter 2:9

the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

James 4:17

To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

James 1:2–3

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

James 1:2–4

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

James 1:1–27

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 3:8

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, Like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

Ephesians 6:12

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 5:16–17

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Galatians 4:14

and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:1–25

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh? — read the full passage →

Matthew 10:14

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Psalms 95:8

Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

Genesis 3:1–6

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

Jude 1:24

Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,

2 Peter 1:3–4

seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue; — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:3

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

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