35 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Ye have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

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

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou art 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 went out.

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

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

And Jesus answering, said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Neither give place to the devil.

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

Jesus said to him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him up upon an exceeding high mountain, and showeth 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 infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

And said to them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

Then saith Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If thou art the son of God, cast thyself down from hence.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

And saith to him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall uphold thee, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered to 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 Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

And saith to him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have 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 tempt ye 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 upon a high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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

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