35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, 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 being tempted, he is able to help them that are tempted.

Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit 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.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, You shall not test the Lord your God.

Neither give place to the devil.

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man:

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, You shall not test the Lord your God.

Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses; but was in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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 on a pinnacle of the temple,

And said unto them, Why sleep you? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.

Then said Jesus unto him, Begone, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto 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 afterward hungry.

And said unto 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 unto the woman, You shall not surely die:

Then the devil left him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

And said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

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

And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.