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Bible verses about temptation.

36 verses about temptation from the King James Version, the most loved first.

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.
1 Corinthians 10:13 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about temptation.

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: 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…

James 1:13-15 ›

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41 ›

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.

Matthew 6:13 ›

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7 ›

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.

Hebrews 4:15 ›

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Galatians 5:17 ›

All 36 verses about temptation.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13There 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…
  • James 1:12-16Blessed 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…
  • Matthew 26:38-42Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on…
  • Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
  • James 4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • Hebrews 4:15-16For 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…
  • Hebrews 2:18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
  • Job 1:8-22And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that…
  • Luke 4:1-13And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil.…
  • Luke 8:13-14They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of…
  • 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
  • 1 Timothy 6:9-10But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.…
  • James 1:2-4My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience…
  • 1 Peter 1:6-7Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith…
  • 1 Peter 5:1-14The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall…
  • 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  • Revelation 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them…
  • Genesis 22:1-14And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now…
  • Nehemiah 4:9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
  • Job 31:19-34If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the…
  • Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but…
  • Matthew 24:42-44Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief…
  • Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Mark 13:33-37Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave…
  • Mark 14:37-38And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye…
  • Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
  • Luke 12:35-38Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the…
  • Luke 21:33-36Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with…
  • Luke 22:40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
  • Luke 22:46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that…
  • Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou…
  • Hebrews 12:3-4For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted…
  • 1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • 2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean…
  • Revelation 3:2-3Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how…
36 more verses that touch on it
  • Galatians 5:17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the…
  • Proverbs 1:10-17My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without…
  • Romans 12:21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
  • Proverbs 4:14-15Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
  • Ephesians 6:13-17Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore…
  • Genesis 20:6And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me…
  • Job 2:3-10And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that…
  • Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
  • Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
  • Psalms 73:2-26But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.…
  • Psalms 94:17-18Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
  • Psalms 119:101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
  • Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
  • Psalms 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
  • Proverbs 2:10-12When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To…
  • Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Proverbs 5:6-21Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart…
  • Proverbs 6:27-28Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
  • Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
  • Proverbs 7:7-23And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he…
  • Proverbs 9:15-17To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him…
  • Proverbs 12:26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
  • Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
  • Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
  • Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  • Matthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word…
  • Luke 22:31-32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith…
  • Romans 6:12-14Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of…
  • Romans 7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in…
  • Ephesians 4:27Neither give place to the devil.
  • Ephesians 6:11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
  • 2 Peter 3:17Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own…
  • 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about temptation?

The Bible speaks to temptation in verses such as Matthew 26:41, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation”, and Matthew 6:13, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about temptation are most loved?

Among the most loved is 1 Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man.” Others are James 1:13-15, Matthew 26:41 and Matthew 6:13.

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