35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.

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

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

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

Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

She grabbed him by his garment and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his garment in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

And do not bring us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
[For Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.]

And Jesus answered him, “It is said: Do not test the Lord your God.”

and don’t give the Devil an opportunity.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”

Again, the Devil took Him to 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 unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

After the Devil had finished every temptation, he departed from Him for a time.

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter 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 pinnacle of the temple,

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation.”

Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written:

Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only Him.”

So he took Him to Jerusalem, had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

After He had fasted 40 days and 40 nights, He was hungry.

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

He will give His angels orders concerning you,
and they will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone.”

“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman.

Then the Devil left Him, and immediately angels came and began to serve Him.

After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

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

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

for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

So he took Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

The Devil said to Him, “I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

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