32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation hath overtaken you, but what is common to men. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to bear; but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear up under it.

As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.

for inasmuch as he hath himself suffered, having been tempted, he is able to succour those who are tempted.

THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.

And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.

Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

Blessed is the man who patiently supports temptation: for when he is proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to those who love him.

And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen!

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

nor give place to the devil.

Let no man under temptation say, I am tempted of God: for God is incapable of temptation from evils, and he tempteth no man:

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."

Again the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

For we have not an high-priest incapable of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted.

And when the devil had closed all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and placed him on a wing of the temple,

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

Then saith Jesus unto him, Avaunt Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and to him only thou pay divine adoration."

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a wing of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thy self down from hence:

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry.

and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Then the devil leaveth him, and lo! angels came and ministered unto him.

THEN Jesus full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the wilderness,

and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall prostrate and worship me.

being tempted forty days by the devil; and did eat nothing during those days: and when they were ended, afterwards he was hungry.

For this cause also, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your fidelity, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain.

against whom stand fast, firm in the faith, knowing that the very same sufferings are fully endured by the brotherhood which is in the world.

Why then now tempt ye God, by imposing a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And the devil taking him up into an exceeding high mountain, displayed before him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time:

and the devil said unto him, I will give thee all this authority, and the glory of these; for to me it is delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I give it.

But flee youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.