32 Bible Verses about Resisting Temptation

No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

You have not had to shed blood yet in the struggle against sin.

It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

Then Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil.

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

Well then, submit yourselves to God; resist the devil, and he will fly from you:

Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

Jesus answered him, "It has been said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

give the devil no chance.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur;

for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

And after exhausting every kind of temptation the devil left him till a fit opportunity arrived.

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

Then the devil conveyed him to the holy city and, placing him on the pinnacle of the temple,

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

Then he brought him to Jerusalem and placing him on the pinnacle of the temple said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down from this;

He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards felt hungry.

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

From the Jordan Jesus came back full of the holy Spirit,

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry.

Well then, unable to bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, in case the Tempter had tempted you and our labour had been thrown away.

Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

Well now, why are you trying to impose a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we ourselves could bear?

Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant;

and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose.

So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart.