Temptation

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.

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

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

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 →

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

Put on the whole armor 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 and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

neither give place to the devil.

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.

knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

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

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

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.

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But 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, my 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 among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

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

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 vainglory 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 the lusts thereof: — read the full passage →

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.

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

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:

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.

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. — read the full passage →

Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also 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, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness — read the full passage →

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

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Wherefore take up the whole armor 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 ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

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

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

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 →

Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be heard; — read the full passage →

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.

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

Ye therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness.

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

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.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

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

And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light.

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire 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.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;

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

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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

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

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

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

And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

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

Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

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 →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. — read the full passage →

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are 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, That one may depart from the snares of death.

When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

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.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

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.

And I will bring the third part into 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, Jehovah is my God.

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: — read the full passage →

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, wrought in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. — read the full passage →

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

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

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

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

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

but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still 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 little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

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

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

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.

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 spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, 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.

Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit — read the full passage →

And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

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

Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →