16 Bible Verses about Being Tempted

No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

You husbands and wives must stop refusing each other what is due, unless you agree to do so just for awhile, so as to have plenty of time for prayer, and then to be together again, so as to keep Satan from tempting you because of your lack of self-control.

And do not let us be subjected to temptation, but save us from the evil one.

and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who does us wrong, and do not let us be subjected to temptation.'"

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

Now when He reached the spot, He said to them, "Continue to pray that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Brothers, if anybody is caught in the very act of doing wrong, you who are spiritual, in the spirit of gentleness, must set him right; each of you continuing to think of yourself, for you may be tempted too.

The portion of them on the rock illustrates those who accept the message, bubbling over with joy when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for awhile, but in the time of testing they fall away.

But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.

No one must say, when he is tempted to do evil, "I have a temptation from God to do evil," for God cannot be tempted to do evil, and He never tempts anyone to do so.

But anyone is tempted to do evil when he is allured by his own evil desire and enticed by a bait.

And what was sown among the thorns illustrates the man who hears the message, and the worries of the times and the pleasures of being rich choke the truth out, and he yields no fruit.

That was why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be lost.

Such persuasion never came from Him who called you.