Bible Verses about “temptation”
The Bible contains 27 verses about 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].”
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
“¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;”
“But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”
“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.”
“But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”
“Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
“Neither give place to the devil.”
“¶ 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:”
“Do not err, my beloved brethren.”
“But he answered and said, ‹It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.›”
“Then saith Jesus unto him, ‹Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.›”
“Jesus said unto him, ‹It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.›”
“Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,”
“Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;”
“And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”
“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
“¶ Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”
“Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.”
“‹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed› [is] ‹willing, but the flesh› [is] ‹weak.›”
“‹Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly› [is] ‹ready, 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.›”