32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

You have not yet, as you have struggled on against sin, resisted to the point of pouring out your blood,

For inasmuch as He has suffered Himself by being tempted, He is able to give immediate help to any that are tempted.

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

And the tempter came up and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, order these stones to turn to bread."

So then, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

And do not let us be subjected to temptation, but save us from the evil one.

And Jesus answered him, "It has been said, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

stop giving the devil a chance.

No one must say, when he is tempted to do evil, "I have a temptation from God to do evil," for God cannot be tempted to do evil, and He never tempts anyone to do so.

Jesus said to him, "Again the Scripture says, 'You must not try the Lord your God.'"

Again the devil took him up on a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their splendor,

For we do not have a High Priest who is incapable of sympathizing with us in our weaknesses, but we have One who was tempted in every respect as we are, and yet without committing any sin.

After the devil had finished every sort of temptation, he left Him till another time.

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

Then the devil took Him into the holy city, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple,

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

Then he took Him to Jerusalem, and had Him stand on the tip-top turret of the temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here,

After fasting forty days and forty nights, He at last felt hungry.

and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says: "'He will give His angels directions about you, And they will bear you up on their hands, so you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and continued to wait upon Him.

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and for forty days He was led about in the desert under the Spirit's guidance,

and said to Him, "Every bit of this I will give to you, if you will fall on your knees and worship me."

while He was being tempted by the devil. During that time He ate nothing, and so at the end of it He felt hungry.

That was why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be lost.

Resist him and be strong in faith, because you know that your brotherhood all over the world is experiencing the same sort of sufferings.

Then why do you now try to test God by putting on these disciples' necks a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we could bear?

Then he took Him up and in a second of time he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world.

And the devil said to Him, "I will give you all this power and all their splendor, for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

You must keep on fleeing from the evil impulses of youth, but ever strive for uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in association with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.