35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And do not give way to the Evil One.

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him,

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.

And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land

And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

Do not give way to him but be strong in your faith, in the knowledge that your brothers who are in the world undergo the same troubles.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of the earth in a minute of time.

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.