Temptation

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. — read the full passage →

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

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

Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

neither give place to the devil.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you don’t enter into temptation.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin;

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. ’

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. — read the full passage →

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

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

Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck. — read the full passage →

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; — read the full passage →

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

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

For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice. — read the full passage →

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

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. — read the full passage →

Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →

Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to 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 brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

But, because of sexual immoralities, 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.

When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You 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. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

throwing 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;

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.” — read the full passage →

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

If you do well, won’t it be lifted up? If you don’t do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you 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, worked in our members to bring out fruit to death.

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

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. — read the full passage →

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

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. — read the full passage →

Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. — read the full passage →

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.” — read the full passage →

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me,Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit — read the full passage →

Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.

Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men. — read the full passage →

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh. — read the full passage →