Scriptures about temptation and how to resist it.
23 Scriptures · Father’s Blessing Bible
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to endure it.
James 1:12–15
12 Blessed is the person who endures temptation, because, having been tested, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord promised to those who love Him. 13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me,” because God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself tempts no one; 14 but each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own desire; 15 then desire, having conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death.
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Hebrews 4:15–16
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but one who, like us, was tempted in every way, yet was without sin. 16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [[For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]]
Psalm 119:9–11
9 How can a young person keep their way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I seek You; do not let me stray from Your commands. 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
The Epistle of James 4:7
Therefore submit to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
2 Peter 2:9
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly from temptation and to reserve the unrighteous for the day of judgment, to be punished,
Ephesians 6:10–11
10 Finally, [my brothers], be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil,
1 Peter 5:8–9
8 Be sober and vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brothers throughout the world.
Matthew 4:1–4
1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. 3 Then the tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” 4 But He answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every spoken word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Romans 6:12–14
12 Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires; 13 and do not offer the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin shall not rule over you, because you are not under the law but under grace.
Galatians 5:16
I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh,
1 Corinthians 10:12
So, whoever thinks he stands must watch out that he does not fall.
Proverbs 4:14–15
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers; 15 avoid it, do not travel on it; turn away from it and pass on;
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with all who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Hebrews 2:18
Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Luke 22:40
When He reached the place, He said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to words of evil, to excuse sinful deeds with those who practice lawlessness; let me not taste their delicacies.
Proverbs 1:10
My son! If sinners entice you, do not consent.
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.
1 John 2:15–16
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness, watching yourself so that you too may not be tempted.
