35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

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

And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.

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

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

neither give place to the devil.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempteth no man:

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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 he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

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

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:

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

and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

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

and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.