32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has yet taken you but what is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to sustain; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

for ye have not resisted unto blood in striving against sin.

for as He himself hath suffered, in being tempted, He is able to succour those that are tempted.

Then was Jesus led by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil:

And the tempter came to Him and said, If thou art the Son of God, command these stones to become bread:

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

Happy is the man who sustaineth temptation; for being approved 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 the evil one: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen."

And Jesus answered him, it is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

and give not the devil room to ensnare you.

Let no one that is tempted say, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted by evils, and He tempteth no one.

but Jesus said unto him, it is also written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again the devil taketh Him to a very high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

for we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but was in all respects tempted in like manner with us, yet without sin.

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

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 a wing of the temple,

and He said to them, Why do ye sleep? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

then Jesus saith unto him, Be gone, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,

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

and when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, at last He was very hungry.

and saith unto Him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge concerning thee, and they shall bear thee up as in their hands, least at any time thou shouldst dash thy foot against a stone:

and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left Him, and behold angels came and attended Him.

Now Jesus being full of the holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted by the devil;

and saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me:

and He did eat nothing in all those days: and when they were ended, at last He was hungry.

For this cause being able to wait no longer, I sent to know the state of your faith, least the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.

whom resist, stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are endured by your brethren in the world.

Now therefore why do ye tempt God, in 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 high mountain, shewed Him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant,

and said to Him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for it is committed to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will.

Flee youthful passions: and follow righteousness, fidelity, love, and peace, with all those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart: