32 Bible Verses about Temptation

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

in case Satan should take advantage of our position ??for I know his man?uvres!

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct ??19 promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).

It was by faith, when Abraham was put to the test, that he sacrificed Isaac, he was ready to sacrifice his only son, although he had received the promises

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

But in later days, the Spirit distinctly declares, certain people will rebel against the faith; they will listen to spirits of error and to the doctrines that daemons teach

Bad characters and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves;

and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them.

It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

Now, beloved, you are forewarned: mind you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and so lose your proper footing;

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

you must not let sin have your members for the service of vice, you must dedicate yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, dedicating your members to God for the service of righteousness.

So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe.

After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!" At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed.

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct ??19 promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).

so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

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

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

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

It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry.

It is you who have stood by me through my trials;

for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur;

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

As we have a great high priest, then, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession; for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!" And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing. A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest. read more.
But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor': not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant. Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant. It is you who have stood by me through my trials;

what we do see is Jesus who was put lower than the angels for a little while to suffer death, and who has been crowned with glory and honour that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, it was befitting that He for whom and by whom the universe exists, should perfect the Pioneer of their salvation by suffering. For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, read more.
saying, 'I will proclaim thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the church I will sing of thee,' and again, 'I will put my trust in him,' and again, 'Here am I and the children God has given me.' Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil) and release from thraldom those who lay under a life-long fear of death. (For of course it is not angels that he succours, it is the offspring of Abraham.) He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People. It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

Nor must we presume upon the Lord as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by serpents.

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

But Jesus detected their malice. He said, "Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites?

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too." But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said. When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene." read more.
Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man." After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!" At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed.

and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too." But he denied it. "I do not know," he said, "I have no idea what you mean." Then he went outside into the passage. The cock crowed. Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them." read more.
But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!" But he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man you mean."

and sat down among some people who had lit a fire in the courtyard and were sitting round it. A maidservant who noticed him sitting by the fire took a long look at him and said, "That fellow was with him too." But he disowned him, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him." read more.
Shortly afterwards another man noticed him and said, "Why, you are one of them!" "Man," said Peter, "I am not." About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!" "Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

My wealth of visions might have puffed me up, so I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to rack me and keep me from being puffed up;

and though my flesh was a trial to you, you did not scoff at me nor spurn me, you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus. You congratulated yourselves.

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction. For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards felt hungry. So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.

James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, came up to him saying, "Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you." So he said, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory."

above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one,

Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur;

Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

then Desire conceives and breeds Sin, while Sin matures and gives birth to Death.

that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial, sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance;

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial, sure that the sterling temper of your faith produces endurance; only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.

they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing ??16 but he got reproved for his malpractice: a dumb ass spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's infatuation.

Whereupon Jesus perceived they meant to come and seize him to make a king of him; so he withdrew by himself to the hill again.

Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant; and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose. If you will worship before me, then it shall all be yours." read more.
Jesus answered him, "It is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

Nor must we presume upon the Lord as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by serpents.

and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

Even if anyone is detected in some trespass, brothers, you are spiritual, you must set the offender right in a spirit of gentleness; let each of you look to himself, in case he too is tempted.

and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too." But he denied it. "I do not know," he said, "I have no idea what you mean." Then he went outside into the passage. The cock crowed. Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them." read more.
But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!" But he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man you mean."

Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers."

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one. Everyone is tempted as he is beguiled and allured by his own desire;

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

So let us stop criticizing one another; rather make up your mind never to put any stumbling-block or hindrance in your brother's way.

It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

Everyone is tempted as he is beguiled and allured by his own desire;

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God!

and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

And after exhausting every kind of temptation the devil left him till a fit opportunity arrived.