35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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

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

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

and give no opportunity to the devil.

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

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

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"

And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, "'He will command his angels concerning you,'and "'On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

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

And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me."

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

And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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

and said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.

So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.