1054 verses about Temptation

Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

Men don’t despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.

lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.

In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

lest I be full, deny you, and say, ‘Who is Yahweh?’ or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

“So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

Don’t allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don’t protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”

Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”

Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Thus says the king, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.

Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’

Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine!”

When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.