35 Bible Verses about Resisting 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.

You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your struggle against sin;

For in that 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 that these stones become bread."

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

She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

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

Let us not come into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'

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

neither give place to the devil.

Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

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

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

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

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

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

Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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

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

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

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

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you do not dash your foot against a stone.'"

The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,

Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and served him.

It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

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

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

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. When they were completed, he was hungry.

For this cause I also, when I could not 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.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

He led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

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