32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Not yet did ye resist unto blood, contending against sin;

for in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.

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

And the Tempter, having come near, said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread."

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

Happy is a man who endures temptation; because, when he becomes approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to those who love Him.

And bring us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.'

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

neither give place to the Devil.

Let no one, when tempted, say, "I am tempted from God"; for God cannot be tempted with evils, and He Himself tempteth no one.

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

Again the Devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

And, having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until a fitting season.

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

Then the Devil takes Him into the holy city, and placed Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

and said to them, "Why are ye sleeping? Rising up, pray, that ye enter not into temptation."

Then Jesus saith to him, "Depart, Satan; for it has been written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

And he led Him to Jerusalem, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If Thou art God's Son, cast Thyself down hence;

And, having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterwards hungered.

and says to Him, "If Thou art a Son of God, cast Thyself down; for it has been written, 'He shall give His angels charge concerning Thee; and on their hands they shall bear Thee up; lest at any time Thou shouldest dash Thy foot against a stone.'"

Then the Devil leaves Him; and, behold, angels came and were ministering to Him.

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

and he said to Him, "All these things will I give Thee, if, falling down, Thou wilt worship me."

forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And He ate nothing in those days; and, when they were completed, He hungered.

For this reason, I also, no longer enduring it, sent, that I might know your faith, lest by some means the tempter tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

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

Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear?

And, leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.

And the Devil said to Him, "To Thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them; because to me it has been delivered, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

But flee youthful desires; and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart.