Temptation

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

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

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

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

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Neither give place to the devil.

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

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

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

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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

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

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, — read the full passage →

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. — read the full passage →

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. — read the full passage →

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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

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

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

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

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

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

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: — read the full passage →

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; — read the full passage →

Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. — read the full passage →

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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

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.

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. — read the full passage →

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; — read the full passage →

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. — read the full passage →

Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. — read the full passage →