36 Bible Verses about Temptation
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Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none:
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and they having ended, he afterward hungered.
And Jesus having answered said to him, That it has been said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you.
For thou didst keep the word of my patience, and I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, about to come upon the whole habitable globe, to try them dwelling upon the earth.
Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
Ye shall not try Jehovah your God, as ye tempted in Massah.
The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;
Woe to the world for offences I for there is necessity for offences to come; but woe to that man by whom the offence comes!
And he said to the disciples, It is impossible there come not causes of offence: and woe, through whom they come!
Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak.
And it shall be after these words, and God tried Abraham, and he will say to him, Abraham: and he will say, Behold, here I.
By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations:
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
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No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;
Temptation » Satan the chief agent in
And an adversary will stand up against Israel, and he will stimulate David to number Israel
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
That we might not be taken advantage of by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his inventions.
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error.
Temptation » A test
By faith Abraham had brought near Isaac, being tried: and he having received the promises brought near the only born,
And know thou with thy heart that as a man will chastise his son, Jehovah thy God chastises thee.
And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Thus in the chiefs of Babel interceding, sending to him to seek out the sign which was in the land, God left him, to try him, to know all in his heart
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Seducers
And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;
And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.
But they heard not, and Manasseh will cause them to go astray to do evil more than the nations which Jehovah destroyed from the face of the sons of Israel.
Because, and because they led my people astray, saying, Peace; and no peace; and he built a wall and they plastering it with plaster:
Temptation » Encouragement to those in the midst of
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
For thou didst keep the word of my patience, and I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, about to come upon the whole habitable globe, to try them dwelling upon the earth.
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Temptation » The duty of resisting
You therefore, dearly beloved, knowing beforehand, watch, lest, led away by the error of the lawless, ye fall from your own stability.
And attend to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be loaded with dizziness, caused by excess, and drunkenness, and cares of life, and that day come upon you unexpectedly.
Neither present ye your members weapons of injustice to sin: but present yourselves to God, as living from the dead, and your members weapons of justice to God.
For this take up the complete armor of God, that ye might be able to withstand in the evil day, and having effected all things, to stand.
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Temptation to deceit, examples of
Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee.
And the men of the place will ask concerning his wife; and he will say, She is my sister: for he will be afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place will kill me for Rebekah, because she is good in appearance.
And Jehu will gather together all the people, and say to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.
And David will say to Abimelech the priest, The king commanded me a word, and he will say to me, A man shall not know any thing of the word for which I sent thee, and what I commanded thee: and the boys I showed to such a place a certain one. And now what is under thy hand? five of bread thou shalt give into my hand, or that being found.
And a little after, those standing, having come near, said to Peter, Truly thou also art of them; for also thy speech makes thee manifest. Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Enticers
For speaking excessive things of vanity, they decoy with the eager desires of the flesh, for licentiousness, them having truly escaped from those turned back in error.
When thy brother, the son of thy mother, shall entice thee, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thy soul, in secret, saying, We will go and serve other gods which thou knewest not, thou, and thy fathers;
He causing the upright to wander in an evil way, into his pit shall he fall: and the good shall inherit complete things.
A man of violence will seduce his neighbor, and he caused him to go in a way not good.
Temptation » The devil is the author of
And supper having been, the devil having already cast into the heart of Judas Iscariot, of Simon, that he should deliver him up;
And an adversary will stand up against Israel, and he will stimulate David to number Israel
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
For this I also, no more concealing, sent to know your faith, lest some way he tempting have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.
Temptation » Christ's
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
Being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and they having ended, he afterward hungered.
For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of silver and gold
And he will announce to her all his heart, and he will say to her, A razor came not up upon my head, for I am devoted to God from my mother's womb: if I were shaved, and my strength removed from me, and I was weak, and was as all men.
And I shall see in the plunder a wide cloak of Shinar, a good one, and two hundred shekels of silver and one tongue of gold of fifty shekels from its weight, and I shall desire them, and shall take them, and behold them hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
And saying, Now the rovers will come down to me to Gilgal, and I entreated not the face of Jehovah: and I will contain myself, and will bring up a burnt-offering.
And she will weep upon him seven days which were to them of the drinking: and it will be in the seventh day, and he will announce to her, for she urged him: and she will announce the enigma to the sons of her people.
Temptation » Voluntary entering into
And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat
Abram shall dwell in the land of Canaan, and Lot shall dwell in the cities of the country round about, and will pitch the tent at Sodom.
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
And being at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation.
Temptation » Often arises through » Worldly glory
The king answered and said, Is not this great Babel, that I built it for the house of the kingdom by the strength of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Belshazzar said, in tasting the wine, to bring in for the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father brought forth from the temple that was in Jerusalem; and in them the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, will drink.
For honoring, I will honor thee greatly, and all which thou shalt say to me I will do; and come, now, curse to me this people.
Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
Temptation » Jesus Christ being tempted
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the desert to be tried by the devil.
Having therefore a great chief priest, passed to the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold firmly the assent. For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
And truly the Son of man goes according to that determined: but woe to that man by whom he is delivered up! And they began to seek together among themselves, which of them it should be that was about to do this thing. And a love of strife was in them, which of them thinks to be the greater. read more.
And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them; and they exercising power over them are called benefactors. And ye not so: but let the greater with you be as the younger; and he leading, as he serving. For which the greater, he reclining, or he serving? is not he reclining and I am in the midst of you as he serving. And ye are they having remained with me in my temptations.
But we see Jesus, made some little while less than angels by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste of death for all. For it became him, for whom all things, and by whom all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the chief of their salvation by sufferings. For be consecrating and they being consecrated all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, read more.
Saying, I will announce thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the church will I praise thee. And again, I will be confident in him. And again, Behold I and the young children which God gave me. Since therefore the young children participated in flesh and blood, he also likewise participated with them; that by death he might leave unemployed him having the strength of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them, as many as by fear of death were always to live bound by slavery. For certainly he lays not hold of angels; but of the seed of Abraham he lays hold. Wherefore in all things it was necessary to be made like to the brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful chief priest in things towards God, in order to propitiate for the sin of the people. For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
Temptation » Not tempting the lord
Neither should we tempt Christ, as also some of them tempted, and were destroyed by serpents.
Ye shall not try Jehovah your God, as ye tempted in Massah.
Temptation » Evil associates, the instruments of
A man of violence will seduce his neighbor, and he caused him to go in a way not good.
Temptation » Alertness and prayer preventing temptation
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak.
And being at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation.
Temptation » Christ » Endured, from the wicked
And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
And, behold, a certain skilled in the law stood up, tempting him, and saying, Teacher, what having done shall I inherit eternal life
Temptation » Christ » Resisted by the word of God
And he having answered, said, It has been written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word going forth through the mouth of God.
Then says Jesus to him, Retire, Satan; for it has been written, The Lord thy God shalt thou worship, and him alone shalt thou serve.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Peter
And Peter sat without in the court-yard, and one young girl came to him saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. And he denied before all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And he having gone out into the gate, another saw him, and she says to them there, This also was with Jesus the Nazarite. read more.
And again he denied with an oath, That I know not the man. And a little after, those standing, having come near, said to Peter, Truly thou also art of them; for also thy speech makes thee manifest. Then began he to anathematize, and to swear, That I know not the man: and quickly the cock uttered a sound.
And seeing Peter warming himself, having looked upon him, she says, And thou wast with Jesus the Nazarene. And he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand what thou sayest. And he went forth without into the vestibule; and the cock uttered a sound. And the young girl seeing him again, began to say to, them standing by, That this is of them: and again he denied. read more.
And after a little, again they standing by said to Peter, Truly thou art of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech is like. And he began to anathematize and swear, That I know not this man of whom ye speak.
And having kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and they having sat down together, Peter sat down in the midst of them. And a certain young girl having seen him sitting by the light, and looked intently upon him, said, And this was with him. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. read more.
And after a little another having seen him, said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one hour a certain other assured himself, saying, Of a truth this also was with him: for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, he yet speaking, the cock uttered a sound.
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » A snare to jehoshaphat
And Jehu son of Hanani the seer will go forth to his face, and say to king Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou love to help to the unjust, and to those hating Jehovah? and in this, wrath upon you from before Jehovah.
And there will be to Jehoshaphat riches and honor for multitude, and he will contract affinity by marriage to Ahab.
Temptation » Exemplified
And lest I be lifted up by the eminence of Revelation, a thorn in the flesh was given me, a messenger of Satan, that he might cuff me, lest I be lifted up.
And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die. For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And my temptation in my flesh, ye counted not as nothing, nor spurned; but as an angel of God ye received me, as Christ Jesus.
Temptation » Comes from » Covetousness
A man of faithfulness multiplied blessings: and he hesting to be rich shall not be innocent
And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition. For the root of all evils is the love of money: which some striving for, have been led astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many pains.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of fertile fields
And Lot will lift his eyes and will see all the environs of Jordan, that all was watered, before that Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of Jehovah as the land of Egypt in thy coming to Zoar. And Lot shall choose to him all the environs of Jordan: and Lot will remove from the east and they shall be separated each from his brother.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of appetite
And Jacob will say, Swear to me this day: and he will swear to him: and he will sell his birth-right to Jacob.
And Jacob will boil a boiling, and Esau will come from the country, and he faint And Esau will say to Jacob, Give me now to eat from the red; this red, for I faint: for this he called his name Edom.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » hezekiah
In that time Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babel, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah was sick. And Hezekiah will hear to them, and caused them to see all the house of his spices, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the good oil, and all the house of his vessels, and all which was found in his treasures: and there was not a word which Hezekiah caused them not to see in his house, and in all his dominion. And Isaiah the prophet will come to king Hezekiah and say to him, What said these men? and from whence will they come to thee? and Hezekiah will say to him, From a land far off came they, from Babel. read more.
And he will say, What saw they in thy house? And Hezekiah will say, All which is in the house they saw; there was not a word which I caused them not to see in my treasures. And Isaiah will say to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah. Behold, the days coming, and there was lifted up all which was in thy house, and what thy fathers treasured up, even to this day, to Babel: not a word shall be left, said Jehovah. And from thy sons which shall go forth from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall be taken; and they were eunuchs in the temple of the king of Babel. And Hezekiah will say to Isaiah, Good the word of Jehovah which thou spakest And he will say, Shall not peace and truth be in my days? And the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all his powers, and how he made the pool and the aqueduct, and he will bring waters to the city, are they not written upon the book of the words of the days to the kings of Judah?
In that time Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babel, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah: and he will hear that he was sick, and he will be strengthened. And Hezekiah rejoiced over them, and he will cause them to see the house of the spices, the silver and the gold and the aromatics, and the good oil, and all the house of his vessels: and all which was found in his treasures, there was not a word which Hezekiah caused them not to see, in his house and in all his dominions. And Isaiah the prophet will come to king Hezekiah, and say to him, What said these men? and from whence will they come to thee? And Hezekiah will say, From a land far off came they to me, from Babel. read more.
And he will say, What saw they in thy house? and Hezekiah will say, All which is in my house they saw: there was not a word that I caused them not to see in my treasures.
Behold, the days coming and all which is in thy house and which thy fathers treasured up, even to this day, being lifted up to Babel: there shall not be left a word, said Jehovah. And from thy sons that shall come forth from thee which thou shalt beget, they shall take; and they were eunuchs in the temple of the king of Babel.
Temptation » Often arises through » Poverty
Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.
And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of ambition
For if having escaped the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and again entangling with these, they be conquered, the last things have been to them worse than the first.
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying, Teacher, we wish that whatever we should ask, thou wouldst do for us. And he said to them, What wish you me to do for you? And they said to him, Give us that we might sit, one from thy right hand, and one front thy left, in thy glory.
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Abraham, by refusing a reward for service rendered
If from a line and to a shoe-string and if I shall take from all which is to thee, and thou shalt not say I enriched Abram:
And the man of God will say to the king, If thou wilt give to me half thy house I will not go with thee, and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water in this place:
Temptation » Resisted, example of » The rechabites and daniel, by refusing wine
And Daniel will set up upon his heart that he will not be defiled with the dainties of the king, and with the wine of his drinking: and he will seek from the chief of the eunuchs that he shall not defile himself.
And I shall give before the sons of the house of the Rechabites, pots full of wine, and cups, and saying to them, Drink ye wine. And they will say, We shall not drink wine: for Jonadab, son of Rechab our father, commanded to us, saying, Ye shall not drink wine, ye and your sons even to forever.
Temptation » Saints should » Resist, in faith
Over all, having taken the shield of faith, in which ye shall be able to quench all the inflamed darts of evil.
Whom resist firm in the faith, knowing that the same of sufferings are completed by your brotherhood in the world.
Temptation » Saints should » Pray to be kept from
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of women
And king Solomon loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;
And it will be at the time of the old age of Solomon his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God as the heart of David his father.
Temptation » Often arises through » Prosperity
Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.
Again, the devil takes him into a very high mount, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
Temptation » Saints should » Watch against
Be abstemious, watch; for your adversary the accuser, as a roaring lion, walks around, seeking whom he might swallow down:
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Sarah » Lies
Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee.
And Jehovah will say to Abraham, For what did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall truly even I bring forth, and I have become old? Shall the word of Jehovah be difficult, at the appointed time? I will return to thee, according to the time of life, and a son to Sarah. And Sarah will deny, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he will say, Nay, for thou didst laugh.
And it shall be when God causes me to wander front my father's house, and I said to. her, This thy kindness which thou shalt do by me; at every place to which we shall come, there say of me, He is my brother.
Temptation » Often ends in sin and perdition
And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.
Temptation » Permitted as a trial of » Faith
That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials; Knowing that the proof of your faith works patience.
Temptation » Blessedness of those who meet and overcome
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials; Knowing that the proof of your faith works patience. And let patience have a perfect work, that ye be perfect and entire, being left behind in nothing.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » balaam
Having forsaken the straight way, they were led astray, having followed in the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the reward of injustice;
And Balak will add yet to send leaders, many and honorable, more than these. And they will go to Balaam, and say to him, Thus said Balak, son of Zippor, Now thou wilt not withhold from coming to me: For honoring, I will honor thee greatly, and all which thou shalt say to me I will do; and come, now, curse to me this people. read more.
And Balaam will answer, and say to the servants of Balak, If Balak will give to me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to pass over the mouth of Jehovah my God to do little or great And now, sit ye down, now also in here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will add to speak with me. And God will come to Balaam at night, and say to him, If the men have come to call to thee, rise up, go with them, and only the word which I shall speak to thee, thou shalt do it And Balaam will rise up in the morning, and saddle his ass, and go with the leaders of Moab. And the anger of God will kindle because he went; and the messenger of Jehovah will stand in the way, for an adversary to him: and he rode upon his ass, and his two young men with him.
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Christ, by refusing worldly honour
Then Jesus having known that they were about to come and carry him of forcibly, that they might make him king, departed again to the mount alone.
And the devil, bringing him into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable globe in an instant of time. And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for to me has it been delivered; and to whom I will I give it. Therefore if thou worship before me, all shall be thine. read more.
And having answered him Jesus said, Retire behind me, Satan: for it has been written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Corrupt good morals
Be not deceived: evil intercourses corrupt good habits.
Temptation » God limiting temptation
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation » God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their powers to bear
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation » God will make a way for saints to escape out of
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation » Always conformable to the nature of man
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation » God enables the saints to bear
No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Idolatry » Solomon » Influence » Wives
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin concerning these? and in many nations was there not a king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God will give him king over all Israel: also him did women strangers cause to sin.
And it will be at the time of the old age of Solomon his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God as the heart of David his father.
Temptation » The reward for tempting the lord
Neither should we tempt Christ, as also some of them tempted, and were destroyed by serpents.
Temptation » Leading into » Prayer against being led into
And thou shouldst not lead us into temptation, but deliver thou us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
And being at the place, he said to them, Pray ye not to enter into temptation.
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Injured lot
Abram shall dwell in the land of Canaan, and Lot shall dwell in the cities of the country round about, and will pitch the tent at Sodom. And the men of Sodom were evil and sinful before Jehovah exceedingly.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Silver and gold
The carved thing of their gods ye shall burn in fire: thou shalt not desire the silver and gold upon them and take to thee lest thou shalt be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
Temptation » Avoid the way of
In the path of the unjust thou shalt not go, and thou shalt not advance in the way of the wicked. Reject it, thou shalt not pass in it; turn aside from it and pass by.
Temptation » Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of
For thou didst keep the word of my patience, and I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, about to come upon the whole habitable globe, to try them dwelling upon the earth.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Friendship with violent men
Lest thou shalt learn his ways and take a snare to thy soul.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Broken vows
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Scoffing
Men of derision will kindle up a city: and the wise will turn away anger.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » greed
And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.
Temptation » Saints should » Restore those overcome by
Brethren, if a man be taken in any fault, ye the spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; observing thyself narrowly, lest thou also be tempted.
Temptation » Instances of » Balak tempts balaam
Temptation » Exemplified » Jeroboam
For the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he caused Israel to sin, in his irritation which he irritated Jehovah the God of Israel.
Temptation » Exemplified » balaam
For honoring, I will honor thee greatly, and all which thou shalt say to me I will do; and come, now, curse to me this people.
Temptation » Exemplified » David
And it will be at the time of the evening, and David will rise from off his bed, and will go upon the roof of the king's house: and he will see from the roof a woman washing herself; and the woman good of aspect exceedingly.
Temptation » Exemplified » Peter
And seeing Peter warming himself, having looked upon him, she says, And thou wast with Jesus the Nazarene. And he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand what thou sayest. And he went forth without into the vestibule; and the cock uttered a sound. And the young girl seeing him again, began to say to, them standing by, That this is of them: and again he denied. read more.
And after a little, again they standing by said to Peter, Truly thou art of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech is like. And he began to anathematize and swear, That I know not this man of whom ye speak.
Temptation » Christ » Intercedes for his people under
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded you, to sift as wheat: And I have supplicated for thee that thy faith fail not: and thou, when having turned back, confirm thy brethren.
Temptation » Who falls into temptation
And they wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many eager desires, unwise and hurtful, which sink men into ruin and perdition.
Temptation » When people are tempted
Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none: And each is tempted from his own lust, being drawn out, and decoyed.
Temptation » Has strength through the weakness of the flesh
Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak.
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » A detriment to israel
And the scraped together which in its midst will long a longing; and the sons of Israel also will turn back and weep, and they will say, Who will feed us with flesh?
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Evil associations
Knowing, ye shall know that Jehovah your God will not add to drive out these nations from before you: and they, were to you for a snare and for a noose, and for a scourge in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till your destruction from this good land which Jehovah your God gave to you.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Sinful covenants
Watch to thyself lest thou shalt make a covenant with those dwelling in the land which thou goest upon it, lest it shall be for a snare in the midst of thee.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » False gods
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they shall cause thee to sin against me: if thou shalt serve their gods, surely shall it be to thee for a snare.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » Idolatry
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The prophet of judah
And one prophet, an old man, dwelt in the house of God; and his sons will come and relate to him all the work which the man of God did that day in the house of God: the words which he spake to the king, and they will relate them to their father. And their father will speak to them, What way went he? and his sons will see the way that the man of God went who came from Judah. And he will say to his sons, Saddle for me the ass: and they will saddle for him the ass and he will ride upon it read more.
And he will go after the man of God, and he will find him sitting under an oak: and he will say to him, Thou the man of God who came from Judah? And he will say, I. And he will say to him, Go with me to the house and eat bread. And he will say, I shall not be able to turn back with thee and to go with thee: and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water with thee in this place: For it was spoken to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt not eat bread and thou shalt not drink water there, thou shalt not turn back to go in the way which thou wentest in it And he will say to him, I also a prophet as thou; and a messenger spake to me in the word of Jehovah, saying, Turn him back with thee to thy house; and he shall eat bread and drink water. Lying to him. And he will turn back with him and eat bread in his house, and drink water.
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Elisha, by reusing payment for healing
And he will say, Jehovah lives whom I stood before him if I will take. And he will press upon him to take, and he will refuse.
Temptation » Saints should » Not to occasion, to others
Then let us no more judge one another: but rather judge ye this, not to put a stumble or offence to thy brother.
Temptation » Instances of » The old prophet of beth-el, the prophet of judah
And he will say to him, Go with me to the house and eat bread. And he will say, I shall not be able to turn back with thee and to go with thee: and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water with thee in this place: For it was spoken to me by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt not eat bread and thou shalt not drink water there, thou shalt not turn back to go in the way which thou wentest in it read more.
And he will say to him, I also a prophet as thou; and a messenger spake to me in the word of Jehovah, saying, Turn him back with thee to thy house; and he shall eat bread and drink water. Lying to him. And he will turn back with him and eat bread in his house, and drink water.
Temptation » Exemplified » Joseph
And it will be after these words, and his lord's wife will lift up her eyes to Joseph, and she will say, Lie with me.
Temptation » Christ » Is able to succor those under
For in that he himself has suffered, having been tempted, he is able to help the tempted.
Temptation » Christ » Sympathizes with those under
For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
Temptation » Christ » Overcame
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of forbidden fruit
And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat
Temptation » Instances of » Abraham leads pharaoh
And Pharaoh will call to Abram, and will say, What this thou didst to me? why didst thou not declare to me that she is thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister and I shall take her to me for a wife? and now behold thy wife, take and go.
Temptation » Exemplified » Achan
And I shall see in the plunder a wide cloak of Shinar, a good one, and two hundred shekels of silver and one tongue of gold of fifty shekels from its weight, and I shall desire them, and shall take them, and behold them hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Temptation » The lord knowing how to deliver the Godly out of temptations
The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;
Temptation » Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word
And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.
Temptation » God knows how to deliver saints out of
The Lord knows to deliver the religious out of temptation, and to keep the unjust restrained for the day of judgment;
Temptation » To worshipping the God of this world
And he says to him, All these will I give to thee, if, falling down, thou wouldst worship me.
Temptation » Saints may be in heaviness through
By which ye are transported with joy, now for a little, (if it is necessary,) having grieved in various temptations:
Temptation » To distrust of God's providence
And the tempter having come to him, said, If thou art the Son of God, say that these stones should become bread.
Temptation » To presumption
And says to him, If thou art the Son of God cast thyself down; for it has been written, That to his messengers he will command concerning thee; and in the hands shall they lift thee up, lest that perhaps thou strike thy foot against a stone.
Temptation » Permitted as a trial of » Disinterestedness
And the adversary will answer Yehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously? Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth. But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face. read more.
And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Behold, all that is to him in thy hand: only upon him thou shalt not send. forth thy hand. And the adversary will go forth from the face of Jehovah.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » David » Adultery
And it will be at the time of the evening, and David will rise from off his bed, and will go upon the roof of the king's house: and he will see from the roof a woman washing herself; and the woman good of aspect exceedingly. And David will send and seek for the woman, and say, Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David will send messengers and take her: and she will come in to him, and he will lie with her; (and she being consecrated from her uncleanness:) and she will turn back to her house. read more.
And the woman will conceive, and send and announce to David, and say, I am pregnant
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » jacob » Defrauds » Esau
And Rebekah spake to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying, Bring to me a hunting, and make for me dainties, and eating, and I will praise thee before Jehovah, before my death. And now my son, hear to my voice, according to that I command thee. read more.
Go now to the flocks, and take to me from thence two kids of the she-goats good, and I will make them dainties for thy father, as that he loved. And thou shall bring to thy father, and eating, so that he will praise thee before his death. And Jacob will say to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother a man of hair, and I a smooth man: Perhaps my father will feel me, and I was in his eyes as mocking; and I brought a curse and not a praise. And his mother will say to him, Upon me thy curse my son; only hear to my voice, and go take to me.
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Job, by rejecting evil counsel
And his wife will say to him, Yet thou art holding fast upon thine integrity: praise God and die. And he will say to her, According to the word of one of the foolish women thou wilt speak. Shall we also receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this. Job sinned not with his lips.
Temptation » Comes from » Lusts
Temptation » God not tempting anyone
Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none:
Temptation » God cannot be the subject of
Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none:
Temptation » Does not come from God
Let none say being tempted, that I am tempted of God: for God is not tempted of evils, and he tempts none:
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Devoured the strength of ephraim
Strangers consumed his strength, and he knew not: also grayness of hair was sprinkled upon him, and he knew not
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Adam
And the serpent was crafty above every beast of the field which Jehovah God made; and he will say to the woman, Is it because God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman will say to the serpent, From the fruit of the tree of the garden we shall eat And from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat from it, and ye shall not touch upon it, lest ye shall die. read more.
And the serpent will say to the woman, Dying ye shall not die. For God is knowing in the day of your eating from it, and your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat And the eyes of the two shall be opened, and they shall know that they are naked; and they shall sew together the leaves of the fig tree, and shall make to themselves girdles. And they shall hear the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden at the breeze of the day: and Adam and his wife will hide from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the wood of the garden. And Jehovah God will call to the man, and will say to him, Where art thou? And he will will say, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I shall be afraid, because I am naked, and I will hide myself. And he will say, Who showed to thee that thou art naked? Of the tree which I charged thee not to eat, didst thou eat from it? And the man will say, The woman which thou gavest with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I shall eat And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat. And Jehovah God will say to the serpent, Because thou didst this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust thou shalt eat all the days of thy life. And I will put enmity between thee and between the woman, and between thy seed and between her seed; it shall lie in wait for thee as to the head, and thou shalt lie in wait for him as to the heel. To the woman he said, Multiplying, I will multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and to thy husband thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; And thorns and weeds shall it cause to sprout forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the green herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.
Temptation » Resisted, example of » Peter, by refusing a bribe
And Peter said to him, May thy silver be for ruin with thee, for thou thoughtest the gift of God to be purchased for money.
Temptation » Instances of » Jeroboam leads the northern kingdom (israel) into
For the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he caused Israel to sin, in his irritation which he irritated Jehovah the God of Israel.
Temptation » Christ » Endured, from the devil
And he was there in the desert forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with wild beasts; and messengers were serving him.
Temptation » Mere professors fall away in time of
And they upon the rock, who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and they have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of trial fly away.
Temptation » The devil will renew
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Achan
And I shall see in the plunder a wide cloak of Shinar, a good one, and two hundred shekels of silver and one tongue of gold of fifty shekels from its weight, and I shall desire them, and shall take them, and behold them hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » isaac » Lies
And the men of the place will ask concerning his wife; and he will say, She is my sister: for he will be afraid to say, My wife, lest the men of the place will kill me for Rebekah, because she is good in appearance.
Temptation » Instances of » Gideon leads the people of israel into sin
And Gideon will make it into an ephod, and he will put in his city, Ophrah: and all Israel will commit fornication after it there: and it will be to Gideon and to his house for a snare.
Temptation » Instances of » Abimelech
And Abimelech will call to Abraham, and say to him, What didst thou to us? and what did we sin against thee, that thou didst bring upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou didst works to me which shall not be done.
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » Census » Israel
Topics on Temptation
Jesus Christ, Temptation Of
Hebrews 4:15For we have not a chief priest unable to suffer with our weaknesses; but tried in all things as a resemblance, without sin.
Resisting Temptation
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Temptation, Avoiding Causing
Luke 17:1And he said to the disciples, It is impossible there come not causes of offence: and woe, through whom they come!
Temptation, Resisting
James 1:12Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
Temptation, Universality Of
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.
Yielding To Temptation
Genesis 3:6And the woman will see that the tree is good for food, and that it is a desire to the eyes, and a tree desired to make wise; and she will take from its fruit and will eat, and will give also to her man with her, and he will eat
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- Being Tempted
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- Overcoming Adversity
- Overcoming Hard Times
- Resisting Temptation
- Satan
- Satan, As Tempter