Bible Verses About Temptation
Read vital Bible verses about temptation. Find scripture on resisting temptation, overcoming sin, and standing firm against spiritual attacks.
1 Corinthians 10:13
"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."
James 1:13–14
"When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed."
Matthew 6:13
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Luke 11:4
"Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation."
Matthew 26:41
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Mark 14:38
"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Luke 22:40
"On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation.""
Luke 22:46
""Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.""
Hebrews 2:18
"Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted."
Hebrews 4:15
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin."
Matthew 4:1
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil."
Mark 1:13
"and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him."
Luke 4:2
"where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry."
Luke 4:13
"When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time."
Matthew 4:3
"The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.""
1 Timothy 6:9
"Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction."
1 Corinthians 7:5
"Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."
Galatians 6:1
"Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted."
1 Thessalonians 3:5
"For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain."
Proverbs 1:10
"My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them."