32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No trial has come upon you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried more than you are able to bear; but he will, with the trial, make a way to escape, so that you be able to bear up under it.

You have not yet resisted to blood, in your contest with sin;

For, inasmuch as he himself has suffered in being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

And the tempter came to him and said: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

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

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for, being approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.

And Jesus answered and said to him: It is said, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

nor give place to the devil.

Let no one say, when he is tempted, My temptation is from God; for God can not be tempted by evils, and he himself tempts no man.

Jesus said to him: It is again written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the proof.

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

For we have not a high priest that can not sympathize with our infirmities; but he was tempted in all things like ourselves, yet without sin.

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

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is, willing, but the flesh is weak.

Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,

And he said to them: Why do you sleep? Arise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.

Then Jesus said to him: Get behind me, Satan, for it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from this place;

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

and said to him: If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written: He will give his angels charge concerning you; and in their hands shall they take you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

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

and said to him: All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

and was there forty days, to be tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

For this reason, when I could no longer contain my self, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

Being firm in the faith, resist him, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

Now, therefore, why do you put God to the proof, by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers, nor we ourselves, were able to bear?

And the devil took him up into a high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, in a moment of time.

And the devil said to him: I will give you all the authority and glory of these, for it is delivered to me; and to whomever I will, I give it.

Shun youthful desires, and follow righteousness, faithfulness, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.