If you are facing a specific temptation right now, these verses are meant to be prayed directly.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Psalms 107:40
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 1:6
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 11:4
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16
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.
Hebrews 4:15
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark 10:2
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke 8:13
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Deuteronomy 6:16
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Deuteronomy 7:19
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may seeit.
Mark 12:15
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms 31:18
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:22
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Galatians 6:1
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Psalms 78:18
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 78:41
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalms 78:56
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Genesis 22:1
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exodus 17:2
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Exodus 17:7
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 16:1
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
1 Corinthians 10:13 works well prayed by naming the specific temptation, trusting the way of escape the verse promises.
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If this speaks to your current situation, you may also want to read Bible Verses About Praise or Bible Verses About Blessings and Prosperity, both of which touch on related ground.
Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse in Bible Verses For Temptation is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses For Temptation were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
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Readers exploring this topic may also value Bible Verses For Obedience or Bible Verses About Obedience.
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