40 Encouraging Bible Scriptures on Resisting Temptation

Here are the 40 most encouraging Bible scriptures on resisting temptation.

1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

Psalm 119:11
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Hebrews 2:18
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Timothy 3:16
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.

Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:15
“You shall not steal.”

Exodus 34:6
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”

Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 16:7
“Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.”

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 1:28
And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”

Luke 1:37
For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 1:6
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

Luke 2:40
And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

Luke 3:22
And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Luke 3:23
Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli.

Mark 1:10
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Mark 1:11
And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Mark 10:19
“You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

Mark 13:31
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Mark 16:16
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.”

Mark 2:26
“How he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?”

Mark 3:21
And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Mark 7:10
“For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’”

Matthew 26:52
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”

Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.”

Matthew 27:9
Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel.”

Proverbs 4:14
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil.

Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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