33 Bible Verses about Satan, As Tempter

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Ephesians 4:26-27

Be angry and sin not; let not the sun go down on your wrath, neither give place to the devil.

Acts 5:3-9

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land? Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired; and great fear was upon all who heard.read more.
And the young men arose and laid him out, and having carried him out buried him. And after an interval of about three hours, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. And Peter answered her, Tell me whether you sold the field for so much? And she said, Yes; for so much. And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

Acts 15:10

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?

1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us try Christ, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Withhold not yourselves from one another, except by agreement for a time that you may be at leisure for prayer, and come together again, that Satan may not tempt you by your incontinence.

1 Timothy 5:14-15

I wish therefore the younger women to marry, bear children, keep house, give no occasion of reproach to the enemy; for some have already turned back after Satan.

2 Corinthians 2:10-11

But whom you favor I also will favor; for what favor I have shown, if I have shown any favor, has been for your sakes, in the presence of Christ, that we may not be circumvented by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth. This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal. For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.

Matthew 4:1-11

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. Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.

Luke 4:1-13

AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, being tempted by the devil forty days. And he eat nothing in those days; and when they were completed he was hungry. And the devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.read more.
And Jesus answered him, It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone. And taking him up he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 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. If you, therefore, will worship me, it all shall be yours. And Jesus answered and said to him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him alone 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; for it is written, He will charge his angels concerning you, to guard you, and they shall bear you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord your God. And the devil having finished all the temptation, departed from him for a time.

Hebrews 2:8

thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Luke 22:40

And arriving at the place, he said to them, Pray that you may not enter into trial.

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