8 Bible Verses About Temptation to Help You Fight Off Temptations

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In this dazzling material world, dark and evil, Satan always uses money, fame and gain, position, and the opposite sex to tempt us. Deceived and controlled by these things, we often sin, stray from God, and even betray God, thus falling into Satan’s temptations. So, what should we do to overcome them? Come here for the selected Bible verses about temptation. They will help us see through Satan’s schemes, distance ourselves from temptations, restore a normal relationship with God, and thus get closer to God.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour.

James 1:13-14

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Luke 22:40

And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that you enter not into temptation.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

1 Corinthians 10:13

There has 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 you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Proverbs 7:25-26

Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.

2 Peter 2:9

The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished.

1 Timothy 6:9

But 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.