35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has taken you but what is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation also will make a way to escape, so that you may be able to bear it.

You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

For in that He Himself has suffered, having been tempted, He is able to rescue those who are being tempted.

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

And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Therefore submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will 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. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

And Jesus answering said to him, It has been said, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

neither give place to the Devil.

Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God is not tempted by evils, and He tempts no one.

Jesus said to him, It is written again, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Again, the Devil took Him up into 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 cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted just as we are, yet without sin.

And when the Devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

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

Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple.

And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Rise and pray lest you enter into temptation.

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

And he brought Him to Jerusalem and sat Him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here.

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterwards hungry.

And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, "He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone."

And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,

Then the Devil left him. And behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

And after these things it happened 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 Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.

forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And in those days He ate nothing. And they being ended, He afterward was hungry.

For this cause, when I could no longer endure, I also sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you and our labor may have been in vain.

whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood.

Now therefore why do you tempt God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

And the Devil, leading Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the Devil said to Him, All this power I will give you, and the glory of them; for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will.

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