Temptation (Bible Verses)

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Matthew 4:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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 4:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Matthew 6:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Genesis 3:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

1 John 2:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For 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.

Matthew 4:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Genesis 3:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

James 1:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Matthew 5:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

James 1:15 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Luke 4:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Mark 14:38 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Luke 4:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Matthew 5:29 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Hebrews 2:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Luke 4:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Proverbs 1:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Genesis 3:14 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Luke 22:40 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

Genesis 3:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Luke 11:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

Matthew 4:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

Ezekiel 28:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Proverbs 9:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Luke 22:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Genesis 3:4 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Numbers 31:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

Hebrews 9:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

1 Timothy 6:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Genesis 3:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Matthew 4:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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;

Luke 4:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Matthew 4:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Matthew 26:40 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

1 Samuel 24:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

Proverbs 6:25 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

1 Corinthians 7:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Proverbs 23:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Genesis 39:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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.

Matthew 5:30 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Genesis 2:16 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Psalms 73:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

Proverbs 7:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

2 Samuel 11:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

Mark 14:39 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

Luke 4:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

Luke 4:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

Mark 14:37 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

Proverbs 23:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

John 13:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

Matthew 4:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

2 Samuel 11:2 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

1 Corinthians 7:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Judges 16:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

Proverbs 6:32 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 23:30 KJV Bible Verse Image
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They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Genesis 39:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored.

Genesis 39:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Mark 1:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Luke 22:54 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.

Genesis 39:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

Proverbs 6:26 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

1 Corinthians 7:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Defraud 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 Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Proverbs 7:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 1:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

1 Timothy 3:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Luke 4:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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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:

Proverbs 7:7 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

1 Kings 11:23 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

Proverbs 1:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Matthew 12:44 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Bible Theme & Topic Recap: Temptation

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