35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

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

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.

She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

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

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

Do not give the devil an opportunity.

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

Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to 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 grandeur.

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time.

Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple,

So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!"

Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"

Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

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 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die,

Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me."

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

And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me."

where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.

So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

And he said to him, "To you I will grant this whole realm -- and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.