Bible verses about Temptation
Verses about temptation and the way to stand firm against it.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
1 Corinthians 10:13Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
James 1:13But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
James 1:14Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
James 1:15Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Hebrews 4:15Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Matthew 26:41And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Matthew 6:13Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
1 Peter 5:9You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Galatians 5:17I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Psalms 119:11Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
Romans 6:12For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
1 Thessalonians 3:5Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
Proverbs 4:14Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 4:15