Bible Verses about “overcoming temptation”
The Bible contains 13 verses about overcoming temptation across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].”
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.”
“‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.›”
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
“[This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
“¶ Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:”
“¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.”
“‹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed› [is] ‹willing, but the flesh› [is] ‹weak.›”
“For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.”
“And when he was at the place, he said unto them, ‹Pray that ye enter not into temptation.›”