1054 verses about Temptation

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Exodus 32:6

Let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

Let us not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable. “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

Give no occasion for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

As many as desire to make a good impression in the flesh compel you to be circumcised; just so they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

and don’t give place to the devil.

Therefore don’t be partakers with them.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

Abstain from every form of evil.

Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;

holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

For already some have turned away after Satan.

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my deeds for forty years.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn’t stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

having eyes full of adultery, and who can’t cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;

For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.