Here are 35 Bible verses about resisting temptation from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Luke 4:5 KJV
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Matthew 4:6 KJV
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.
Matthew 4:3 KJV
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.
2 Timothy 2:22 KJV
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Luke 4:12 KJV
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Matthew 4:1 KJV
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Matthew 4:7 KJV
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 4:10 KJV
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Genesis 3:4 KJV
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.
Ephesians 4:27 KJV
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
Neither give place to the devil.
James 1:13 KJV
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.
Matthew 4:5 KJV
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:
James 4:7 KJV
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:8 KJV
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 1:12 KJV
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;
Acts 15:10 KJV
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.
Matthew 4:11 KJV
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Luke 4:9 KJV
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Luke 22:46 KJV
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Matthew 26:41 KJV
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Hebrews 4:15 KJV
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Hebrews 2:18 KJV
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.
Matthew 4:9 KJV
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
1 Peter 5:9 KJV
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew 4:2 KJV
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
1 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Luke 4:6 KJV
For 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.
Genesis 39:7 KJV
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Hebrews 12:4 KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Luke 4:13 KJV
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Luke 4:2 KJV
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke 4:1 KJV
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Genesis 39:12 KJV
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Matthew 6:13 KJV
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
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