35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

Trial, hath not taken you, save such as man can bear; faithful, moreover is God, who will not suffer you to be tried above what ye are able, but will make, with the trial, also the way of escape, that ye may be able to hold out.

Not yet unto blood, have ye resisted, against sin, waging a contest;

For, in that, he, suffered when tested, he is able, unto them who are being tested, to give succour.

Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary;

And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.

Range yourselves, therefore, under God, but withstand the adversary, and he will flee from you:

that she caught him by his garment, saying - Come! lie with me. Then left he his garment in her hand, and fled and gut forth outside,

Happy the man who endureth temptation! Because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of life - which he hath promised unto them that love him.

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

And Jesus, answering, said to him - It is said: Thou shalt not put to the test the Lord thy God.

Neither be giving place unto the adversary;

Let, no one, while tempted, be saying - From God, am I tempted, - for, God, cannot be tempted by things evil, and, himself, tempteth no one;

Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God.

Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain, - and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

For we have not a high-priest unable to have fellow-feeling with our weaknesses, but one tested in all respects, by way of likeness, apart from sin.

And, having concluded every temptation, the adversary departed from him until a fitting season.

Be watching and praying, that ye may not enter into temptation: The spirit, indeed, is, eager, but, the flesh, weak.

Then, the adversary taketh him with him, unto the holy city, - and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple;

and he said unto them - Why are ye slumbering? Arise! and be praying, lest ye enter into temptation.

Then saith Jesus unto him, Withdraw, Satan! for it is written, - The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, to him alone, render divine service.

And he led him into Jerusalem, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, - and said to him- If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself, from hence, down;

and, fasting forty days and forty nights, - afterwards, he hungered.

and saith to him - If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself down, - for it is written, To his messengers, will he give charge concerning thee; and, on hands, will they bear thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot.

And the serpent said unto the woman, - Ye shall not die,

Then, the adversary leaveth him, - and lo! messengers came near, and began ministering unto him.

And it came to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph, - and she said - Come! lie with me.

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

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

forty days, - being tempted by the adversary; and he did eat nothing in those days, - and, when they were concluded, he hungered.

For this cause, I also, no longer concealing my anxiety, sent, that I might get to know your faith, lest by any means he that tempteth, should have tempted you, and, in vain, should have been our toil.

Whom resist, steadfast in your faith, knowing that, the same sufferings, in your brotherhood that is in the world, are being accomplished.

Now, therefore, why are ye proving God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which, neither our fathers, nor we, have been able to bear.

And, leading him up, he shewed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth, in a moment of time.

And the adversary said to him - Unto thee, will I give this authority, all together, and their glory; because, unto me, hath it been delivered up, and, to whomsoever I please, I give it:

But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.