Temptation
doctrineThe enticement to disobey God, arising from the flesh, the world, and the enemy — and God's provision to resist it.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Temptation connects to different paths in Scripture:
Temptation arises from Anger and Desire, and leads to Faith and Judgment.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“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 →
“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”Luke 15:7 →
“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.”Habakkuk 2:4 →
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”Ephesians 2:8 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 19 verses
“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.”
Read in context →“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
Read in context →“Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.”
Read in context →“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.”
Read in context →“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.”
Read in context →“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?”
Read in context →“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
Read in context →“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“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:”
Read in context →“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Read in context →“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”
Read in context →“And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.”
Read in context →“Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.”
Read in context →“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
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