32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation hath come upon you, but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted beyond what ye are able to endure, but will with the temptation furnish also the way to escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Not yet have ye resisted unto blood, in your contest against sin;

For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

And the tempter came and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.

Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

And Jesus answering said to him, It hath been said, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."

and do not give place to the Devil.

Let no one when he is tempted, say, I am tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempteth no one.

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."

Again, the Devil taketh him m an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

For we have not a highpriest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who hath in all points been tempted as we are, without sin.

And when he had brought every temptation to an end, the Devil departed from him for a season.

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

Then the Devil taketh him into the holy city, and setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple;

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

Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan! for it is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence;

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

and saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge concerning thee; and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone."

Then the Devil leaveth him; and lo! angels came and ministered to him.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

and said to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

forty days, tempted by the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

For this cause, when I too could no longer forbear, I sent in order to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor should prove in vain.

whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren in the world.

Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And taking him up, he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the Devil said to him, All this power will I give thee, and their glory; because to me it hath been delivered, and I give it to whomever I will.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.