Bible Verses about Temptation

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• No trial has confronted you except what a person can stand. God is faithful, and he will not allow you to be tried beyond your strength. But together with the trial he will also provide a way out and the strength to bear it.
  1 Corinthians 10:13reliabilityaddictiondesires
• Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.
  Matthew 26:41prayerdesiresaddiction
• Blessed is the man who perseveres when he is tempted, for when he has been proven, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
  James 1:12rewardlife
• Or can a man walk on red-hot coals
  without scorching his feet?
  Proverbs 6:28desires
• Then he went on, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. For from within, from the human heart, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All these evils come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationanger
• While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
  James 1:13desiresunderstanding
• And do not lead us into temptation,
  but deliver us from the evil one.
  Matthew 6:13desiresevilprotection
• Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, where he was tempted by the devil. During that time he ate nothing, and at the end of it he was famished.
  Luke 4:1-2fastingJesusdevil
• O Lord, all my longing is known to you,
  and my sighs are not hidden from you.
  Psalm 38:10worryingsadness
• For you know that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance.
  James 1:3faithaddiction
• Brethren, if anyone is detected committing a transgression, you who are spiritual must set him right in a spirit of gentleness. Meanwhile, you should take care so that you yourselves are not tempted.
  Galatians 6:1sindesiresconversion
• Therefore, put on the armor of God, so that you will be able to hold fast on the evil day and to hold your ground with all your strength.
  Ephesians 6:13protectionevildevil
• For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every respect as we are, but without sinning.
  Hebrews 4:15sincompassionweakness
• Therefore, the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials and to hold the wicked for punishment until the Day of Judgment.
  2 Peter 2:9judgmentpunishmentsalvation
• The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but worldly cares and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.
  Matthew 13:22Word of Godworryingmoney
• Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for the flesh to gratify its sinful desires.
  Romans 13:14desiresaddictionJesus
• For you, O God, have put us to the test;
  you have purified us as silver is refined.
  Psalm 66:10sufferingpurification
• Turn away from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
  2 Timothy 2:22desiresevilrighteousness
• No one who conceals his transgressions will prosper,
  but one who confesses and renounces them will obtain mercy.
  Proverbs 28:13sinconfessionmercy