Dealing with Temptation
Strategies for resisting sin and staying pure
Deuteronomy 5:21
"Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:16
You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 8:2
You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Read commentary →Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Read commentary →Judges 3:4
They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Read commentary →Judges 6:39
Gideon said to God, "Do not let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make one more test with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
Read commentary →Judges 8:24
Gideon said to them, "I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings from his plunder." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Read commentary →2 Kings 4:28
Then she said, "Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?"
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:12
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:10
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
Read commentary →Proverbs 5:8
Remove your way far from her. Do not come near the door of her house,
Read commentary →Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Read commentary →Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your heart turn to her ways. Do not go astray in her paths,
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 2:10
Whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.
Read commentary →Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:21
How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
Read commentary →Isaiah 2:12
For there will be a day of the Lord of hosts for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:13
If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock."
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:2
It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:3
Then the Lord said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.
Read commentary →Isaiah 8:22
and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:1
But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:19
Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts, the land is burnt up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his brother.
Read commentary →Daniel 2:16
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
Read commentary →Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Read commentary →Amos 5:18
"Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light.
Read commentary →Malachi 2:9
"Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
Read commentary →Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."
Read commentary →Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,
Read commentary →Matthew 4:3
And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
Read commentary →Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
Read commentary →Matthew 4:25
And great multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:1
And seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:23
"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Read commentary →Matthew 5:37
But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:1
"Be careful that you do not do your acts of charity before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:13
Let us not come into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.]'
Read commentary →Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:1
And when he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
Read commentary →Matthew 8:32
And he said to them, "Go!" And they came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:20
And behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
Read commentary →Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Read commentary →Mark 1:13
He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
Read commentary →Mark 1:26
The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Read commentary →Mark 3:4
He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.
Read commentary →Mark 3:7
Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed from Galilee, from Judea,
Read commentary →Mark 4:17
They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Read commentary →Mark 5:2
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
Read commentary →Mark 5:5
Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
Read commentary →Mark 5:13
He gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
Read commentary →Mark 5:30
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
Read commentary →Mark 6:14
King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."
Read commentary →Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
Read commentary →Mark 6:31
And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to an isolated place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
Read commentary →Mark 6:56
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they placed the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Read commentary →Mark 7:24
From there he arose, and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.
Read commentary →Mark 7:31
Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.
Read commentary →Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
Read commentary →Mark 8:29
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah."
Read commentary →Mark 9:9
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Read commentary →Mark 9:13
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
Read commentary →Mark 9:20
They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
Read commentary →Mark 9:25
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
Read commentary →Mark 9:26
Having screamed, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."
Read commentary →Mark 9:30
They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it.
Read commentary →Mark 9:31
For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise again."
Read commentary →Luke 2:17
When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
Read commentary →Luke 2:26
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.
Read commentary →Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Read commentary →Luke 3:3
He came into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
Read commentary →Luke 3:7
He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Read commentary →Luke 4:6
The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.
Read commentary →Luke 4:12
Jesus answering, said to him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
Read commentary →Luke 4:13
When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.
Read commentary →Luke 4:21
He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
Read commentary →Luke 5:3
He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
Read commentary →Luke 5:39
No man having drunk old wine desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"
Read commentary →Luke 6:19
All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
Read commentary →Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
Read commentary →Luke 7:19
John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"
Read commentary →Luke 7:26
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
Read commentary →Luke 7:36
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.
Read commentary →Luke 8:33
The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
Read commentary →Luke 8:49
While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Teacher."
Read commentary →Luke 9:20
He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Messiah of God."
Read commentary →Luke 9:39
Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.
Read commentary →Luke 9:42
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Read commentary →John 1:41
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
Read commentary →John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Read commentary →John 3:14
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Read commentary →John 3:26
They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
Read commentary →John 3:32
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
Read commentary →John 4:25
The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
Read commentary →John 7:18
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Read commentary →John 7:41
Others said, "This is the Messiah." But some said, "What, does the Messiah come out of Galilee?
Read commentary →John 8:17
It's also written in your Law that the testimony of two people is valid.
Read commentary →John 8:26
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
Read commentary →John 8:38
I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have heard from your father."
Read commentary →John 8:40
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
Read commentary →John 8:41
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
Read commentary →John 8:44
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
Read commentary →Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,
Read commentary →Acts 4:27
"For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
Read commentary →Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Read commentary →Romans 1:24
Therefore God also abandoned them in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,
Read commentary →2 Corinthians 8:6
So we urged Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
Read commentary →Galatians 4:14
and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
Read commentary →Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law?
Read commentary →Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
Read commentary →Galatians 6:12
As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Read commentary →Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
Read commentary →Philippians 1:23
But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Read commentary →Philippians 4:17
Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.
Read commentary →1 Timothy 3:1
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
Read commentary →1 Timothy 6:9
But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
Read commentary →2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read commentary →Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Read commentary →Hebrews 6:11
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
Read commentary →James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.
Read commentary →James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
Read commentary →James 1:15
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
Read commentary →1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the Father's, but is the world's.
Read commentary →1 John 2:17
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
Read commentary →Jude 1:16
These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage.
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