Reference: Tempt
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To make trial of, Lu 10:25, and usually to present inducements to sin. Satan is the great tempter, seeking thus most effectually to destroy men's souls, 1Ch 21:1; Job 1-2; Mt 4:1; 1Th 3:5. Men are also led into sin by their own evil inclinations and by other men, Jas 1:14-15. God, being holy and desirous of men's holiness, does not thus tempt them, Jas 1:13; but he makes trial of them, to prove, exercise, and establish their graces, Ge 22:1; Jas 1:2-3. Christ stands ready to support his people under any possible temptation, 1Co 10:13; Heb 2:18; 4:15; 2Pe 2:19. Yet they are not to rush into temptation unbidden, Lu 11:4. Men tempt God by presumptuously experimenting on his providence or his grace, or by distrusting him, 7/2/type/acv'>Ex 17:2,7; Isa 7:12; Mt 4:7; Ac 5:9; 15:10. Sore afflictions are often called temptations or trials, as they are frequently the occasion of sin, Mt 6:13; Lu 8:13; 22:28; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:6-7.
Christ, at the outset of his public ministry, was violently assailed by the tempter, who thus displayed his effrontery and his blindness, hoping perhaps that the human soul of the Redeemer would be left unaided by his divinity, Mt 4. The temptations are to be understood as real transactions, and not as visions. The tempter was baffled, and left him for a season, to meet a like rebuff on every future assault, Lu 4:13; 22:53; Joh 14:30. The Savior triumphed, and paradise was regained.
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And it came to pass after these things, that God proved Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD?
And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the sons of Israel, and because they challenged LORD, saying, Is LORD among us, or not?
And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Jesus said to him, Again it is written, Thou shall not challenge Lord thy God.
And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
And when the devil ended every temptation, he withdrew from him until a time.
And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up testing him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, would I inherit eternal life?
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
When I was with you daily in the temple, ye did not stretch forth hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world comes. And he has nothing on me,
But Peter said to her, How is it that it was agreed by you to challenge the Spirit of Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.
Now therefore why do ye challenge God, to place a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help those being tempted.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils, and he himself tempts no man. read more. But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed. Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.