32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation
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For no trial has befallen you but what is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial will order the event, that you may be able to endure.
For because he has himself suffered, having been tried, he is able to help the tried.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.
And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.
Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil and he will flee from you;
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
and bring us not into trial, but deliver us from evil.
And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord your God.
Let no tempted one say, I am tempted by God; for God is not subject to temptation by evils, and he tempts no one.
Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,
For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.
And the devil having finished all the temptation, departed from him for a time.
Watch and pray that you enter not into trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,
and he said to them, Why do you sleep? Arise, and pray that you may not enter into trial.
Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me 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 placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here;
and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone.
AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
being tempted by the devil forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were completed he was hungry.
For this reason, being no longer able to forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest in some way the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.
whom resist, firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished by your brothers in the world.
Now, therefore, why do you try God, to put on the necks of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we could bear?
And the devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of these; for it is given to me, and I give it to whom I will.
But avoid youthful desires, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. read more.
And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
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