Hard times

What the Bible says about temptation

The 12 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Cor 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. 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 an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Matt 26:41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Jas 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Heb 2:18Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

Eph 6:11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Luke 22:40When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”

1 Tim 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

1 Cor 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Mark 14:38Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain