32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has overtaken you, except that which is human: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make a way of escape, in order that you may be able to bear it.

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;

For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.

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

And the tempter having come to Him, said; If thou art the Son of God, speak in order that these stones may become bread.

Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you:

Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.

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

And Jesus responding said to him; That it has been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

neither give place to the devil.

Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:

Jesus said to him; Again it has been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same,

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

And the devil having perfected every temptation, departed from Him for a season.

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

Then the devil takes Him into the holy city and stood Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

and He said to them, Why do you sleep? Arising pray, that you may not enter into temptation.

If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.

And he led Him into Jerusalem, and placed Him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down from thence;

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered.

and says to Him; If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it has been written, That He will give His angels charge concerning thee, and upon their hand they will bear thee, lest thou mayest dash thy foot against a stone.

Then the devil leaveth Him; and behold, the angels came to Him and continued to minister unto Him.

And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, tempted by the devil forty days.

and said to Him; All these things will I give unto thee,

And He ate nothing during those days; and they having been completed, He afterward hungered.

Therefore I indeed, no longer containing, sent that I might know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter tempted you, and our labor may be in vain.

whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that it is for you to complete the same sufferings in this world along with your brotherhood.

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

And the devil leading Him up, he showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said to Him, I will give all the authority and glories of these to thee: because it has been given unto me: and I give it to whom I may wish;

But fly from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, divine love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a clean heart.