Bible Verses about Temptation

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• No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
  1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilityaddictiondesires
• Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41prayerdesiresaddiction
• Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
  James 1:12rewardlife
• Or can one walk on hot coals
  and his feet not be scorched?
  Proverbs 6:28desires
• And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationanger
• Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13desiresunderstanding
• And lead us not into temptation,
  but deliver us from evil.
  Matthew 6:13desiresevilprotection
• And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
  Luke 4:1-2fastingJesusdevil
• O Lord, all my longing is before you;
  my sighing is not hidden from you.
  Psalm 38:9worryingsadness
• For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
  James 1:3faithaddiction
• Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
  Galatians 6:1sindesiresconversion
• Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
  Ephesians 6:13protectionevildevil
• For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
  Hebrews 4:15sincompassionweakness
• Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
  2 Peter 2:9judgmentpunishmentsalvation
• As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
  Matthew 13:22Word of Godworryingmoney
• But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
  Romans 13:14desiresaddictionJesus
• For you, O God, have tested us;
  you have tried us as silver is tried.
  Psalm 66:10sufferingpurification
• So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22desiresevilrighteousness
• Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
  but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy