32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above your ability, but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

For in that he hath suffered, being tempted himself, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

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

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

Submit yourselves, therefore, to God: resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Happy is the man that endureth temptation: for when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that 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 to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Neither give place to the devil.

Let no man when he is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.

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

Again the devil taketh him with him to an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, And saith to him,

let us hold fast our profession, For we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but who was in all points tempted like as we are: yet without sin.

And the devil, having ended all the temptation, departed from him till a convenient 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 with him into the holy city, and setteth him on the battlement of the temple,

and found them sleeping for sorrow, And said to them, Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Then Jesus saith to him, Get thee hence, 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 battlement of the temple, and said, If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry.

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

Then the devil leaveth him, and behold angels came and waited upon him.

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

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

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended he hungered.

Therefore when I could bear no longer, I sent to know your faith, left by any means the tempter should have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

Whom resist, stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Now therefore why endeavour ye to put 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 high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment.

And the devil said to him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; for it is delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will.

Flee also youthful desires; but follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace with them that call upon the Lord, out of a pure heart.