Reference: Tempt
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To make trial of, Lu 10:25, and usually to present inducements to sin. Satan is the great tempter, seeking thus most effectually to destroy men's souls, 1Ch 21:1; Job 1-2; Mt 4:1; 1Th 3:5. Men are also led into sin by their own evil inclinations and by other men, Jas 1:14-15. God, being holy and desirous of men's holiness, does not thus tempt them, Jas 1:13; but he makes trial of them, to prove, exercise, and establish their graces, Ge 22:1; Jas 1:2-3. Christ stands ready to support his people under any possible temptation, 1Co 10:13; Heb 2:18; 4:15; 2Pe 2:19. Yet they are not to rush into temptation unbidden, Lu 11:4. Men tempt God by presumptuously experimenting on his providence or his grace, or by distrusting him, 7/2/type/emb'>Ex 17:2,7; Isa 7:12; Mt 4:7; Ac 5:9; 15:10. Sore afflictions are often called temptations or trials, as they are frequently the occasion of sin, Mt 6:13; Lu 8:13; 22:28; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:6-7.
Christ, at the outset of his public ministry, was violently assailed by the tempter, who thus displayed his effrontery and his blindness, hoping perhaps that the human soul of the Redeemer would be left unaided by his divinity, Mt 4. The temptations are to be understood as real transactions, and not as visions. The tempter was baffled, and left him for a season, to meet a like rebuff on every future assault, Lu 4:13; 22:53; Joh 14:30. The Savior triumphed, and paradise was regained.
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And it cared to pass after these things, that God, did prove Abraham, - and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said Behold me!
And the people found fault with Moses, and said - Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why should ye find fault with me? Why should ye put Yahweh to the proof?
So he called the name of the place, Massah, and Meribah, - because of the fault-finding of the sons of Israel, and because of their putting Yahweh to the proof, saying, Is Yahweh in our midst or is he not?
Then the accuser stood up, against Israel, - and moved David, to number Israel.
Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary;
Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.
And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
And, having concluded every temptation, the adversary departed from him until a fitting season.
And, those upon the rock, are they who, as soon as they hear, with joy, welcome the word; and, these, not having, root, are they who, for a season, believe, - and, in a season of testing, draw back.
And lo! a certain lawyer, arose, putting him to the test, saying - Teacher! by doing what, shall I inherit, life age-abiding?
And forgive us our sins, for, even we ourselves, forgive every one indebted to us; And bring us not into temptation.
Daily, was I with you, in the temple, and yet ye stretched not forth your hands against me! -- But, this, is your hour, and the authority of darkness.
No longer, many things, will I speak with you; for, the world's ruler, is coming, and, in me, hath, nothing, -
And, Peter, said unto her - Why was it agreed by you to put to the proof the Spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of them that have buried thy husband, are at the door, and they shall bear thee forth.
Now, therefore, why are ye proving God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which, neither our fathers, nor we, have been able to bear.
Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.
For, in that, he, suffered when tested, he is able, unto them who are being tested, to give succour.
For we have not a high-priest unable to have fellow-feeling with our weaknesses, but one tested in all respects, by way of likeness, apart from sin.
All Joy, account it, my brethren, whensoever ye fall in with, manifold, temptations, - Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance;
Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him. Let, no one, while tempted, be saying - From God, am I tempted, - for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one; read more. But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed, Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full-grown, bringeth forth death.