32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man. And God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."

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

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'

And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

and do not give the devil an opportunity.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone.

Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

When the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

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

Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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

Then Jesus said to him, "Away, Satan! for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"

He took him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will give his angels charge of you,' and 'In their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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

And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

being tempted for forty days by the devil. In those days he ate nothing, and when they had ended, he was hungry.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.

Now therefore why do you test God by putting upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And he said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.