Temptation
161 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
70 sections
- A Test
- Abimelech
- Abraham Leads Pharaoh
- Achan
- Always Conformable to the Nature of Man
- Balaam
- Balak Tempts Balaam
- Blessedness of Those Who Meet and Overcome
- Christ is Able to Help Those Under
- Christ Keeps Faithful Saints from the Hour of
- Christ: Endured, from the Devil
- Christ: Endured, from the Wicked
- Christ: Intercedes for his People Under
- Christ: Overcame
- Christ: Resisted by the Word of God
- Christ: Sympathises with Those Under
- Comes From: Covetousness
- Comes From: Lusts
- David
- Does not Come from God
- Eve
- Evil Associates, the Instruments of
- General Scriptures Concerning
- Gideon Leads the People of Israel Into Sin
- God Cannot be the Subject of
- God Enables the Saints to Bear
- God Knows How to Deliver Saints out of
- God Will Make a Way for Saints to Escape out of
- God Will not Suffer Saints to be Exposed To, Beyond Their
- Has Strength Through the Weakness of the Flesh
- Jeroboam
- Jeroboam Leads the Northern Kingdom (Israel) Into
- Joseph
- Leading Into: Prayer Against Being Led Into
- Mere Professors Fall Away in Time of
- Often Arises Through: Poverty
- Often Arises Through: Prosperity
- Often Arises Through: Worldly Glory
- Often Ends in Sin and Perdition
- Often Strengthened by the Perversion of God's Word
- Paul
- Permitted As a Trial of Disinterestedness
- Permitted As a Trial of Faith
- Peter
- Resistance To
- Saints May be in Heaviness Through
- Saints should Avoid the Way of
- Saints should not to Occasion, to Others
- Saints should Pray to be Kept From
- Saints should Resist, in Faith
- Saints should Restore Those Overcome By
- Saints should Watch Against
- The Devil is the Author of
- The Devil Will Renew
- The Old Prophet of Beth-El, the Prophet of Judah
- To Distrust of God's Providence
- To Presumption
- To Worshipping the God of This World
- Yielding to Achan
- Yielding to Adam and Eve
- Yielding to Balaam
- Yielding to David, to Commit Adultery
- Yielding to Hezekiah
- Yielding to Isaac, to Lie
- Yielding to Jacob, to Defraud Esau
- Yielding to Peter
- Yielding to Sarah, to Lie
- Yielding to Solomon, to Become an Idolater Through the Influences of his Wives
- Yielding to The Prophet of Judah
- Yielding to To Count the Nation of Israel
A Test
- Genesis 22:1–14 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. …
- Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
- Deuteronomy 13:1–3 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, …
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
- Job 1:8–22 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.” …
- Job 2:3–10 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me …
- Psalm 66:10–13 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver. …
- Daniel 12:10 Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Zechariah 13:9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
- James 1:2–3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, …
- James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- 1 Peter 1:6–7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials …
Abimelech
- Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
Abraham Leads Pharaoh
- Genesis 12:18–19 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? …
Achan
- Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Always Conformable to the Nature of Man
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Balaam
- Numbers 22:17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
Balak Tempts Balaam
- Numbers 22:1 Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
- Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
Blessedness of Those Who Meet and Overcome
- James 1:2–4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, …
- James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Christ is Able to Help Those Under
- Hebrews 2:18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Christ Keeps Faithful Saints from the Hour of
- Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
Christ: Endured, from the Devil
- Mark 1:13 and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
Christ: Endured, from the Wicked
- Matthew 16:1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 22:18 But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
- Luke 10:25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Christ: Intercedes for his People Under
- Luke 22:31–32 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. …
- John 17:15 I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
Christ: Overcame
- Matthew 4:11 Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
Christ: Resisted by the Word of God
- Matthew 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:7 Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Matthew 4:10 “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Christ: Sympathises with Those Under
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Comes From: Covetousness
- Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. …
Comes From: Lusts
- James 1:14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
David
- 2 Samuel 11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing— a very beautiful woman.
Does not Come from God
- James 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
Eve
- Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 3:4–5 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman. …
Evil Associates, the Instruments of
- Proverbs 1:10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
- Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Genesis 3:1–13 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” …
- Genesis 20:6 Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
- Exodus 34:12–16 Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst. …
- Deuteronomy 7:25 You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 8:11–14 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day. …
- Deuteronomy 8:17–18 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.” …
- Deuteronomy 13:3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30–31 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did. …
- Psalm 119:165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- Proverbs 1:10–17 My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them. …
- Proverbs 2:10–12 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. …
- Proverbs 2:16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 4:14–15 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. …
- Proverbs 5:6–21 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable. …
- Proverbs 6:27–28 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? …
- Proverbs 7:7–23 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment, …
- Proverbs 9:15–17 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. …
- Proverbs 12:26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- Proverbs 13:14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Proverbs 19:27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- Proverbs 28:10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Isaiah 33:15–16 He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil— …
- Jeremiah 2:24–25 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her. …
- Jeremiah 35:5–7 Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.” …
- Hosea 7:5 The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
- Amos 2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
- Matthew 4:1–11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. …
- Matthew 5:19 So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- Matthew 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Matthew 18:6–9 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. …
- Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
- Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Mark 4:15 Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
- Mark 4:17 But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
- Mark 10:21–25 Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” …
- Mark 13:21–22 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. …
- Mark 14:38 Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Luke 4:1–13 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, …
- Luke 8:13–14 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away. …
- Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
- Luke 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
- Luke 22:31–32 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. …
- Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
- Luke 22:46 “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
- John 16:1–2 “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. …
- Romans 6:12–14 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. …
- Romans 7:5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 8:35–39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? …
- Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
- Romans 14:15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
- Romans 14:21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9–13 Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. …
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:28–32 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience — …
- 2 Corinthians 2:11 in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 11:14–15 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. …
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Galatians 4:14 And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- Galatians 5:17 For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
- Ephesians 4:27 and do not give the devil a foothold.
- Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- Ephesians 6:13–17 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. …
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.
- 1 Timothy 5:15 For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. …
- 2 Timothy 3:13 while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- Hebrews 2:18 Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
- Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Hebrews 12:3–4 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. …
- James 1:2–4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, …
- James 1:12–16 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. …
- James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- 1 Peter 1:6–7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials …
- 1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- 1 Peter 5:1 As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- 2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- 2 Peter 2:18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
- 2 Peter 3:17 Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
- 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not from the Father but from the world.
- 1 John 2:26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
- 1 John 4:4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
- Revelation 12:10–11 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down — he who accuses them day and …
- Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
Gideon Leads the People of Israel Into Sin
- Judges 8:27 From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
God Cannot be the Subject of
- James 1:13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
God Enables the Saints to Bear
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
God Knows How to Deliver Saints out of
- 2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
God Will Make a Way for Saints to Escape out of
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
God Will not Suffer Saints to be Exposed To, Beyond Their
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
Has Strength Through the Weakness of the Flesh
- Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Jeroboam
- 1 Kings 15:30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
Jeroboam Leads the Northern Kingdom (Israel) Into
- 1 Kings 15:30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
Joseph
- Genesis 39:7 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Leading Into: Prayer Against Being Led Into
- Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
Mere Professors Fall Away in Time of
- Luke 8:13 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
Often Arises Through: Poverty
- Proverbs 30:9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Matthew 4:2–3 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. …
Often Arises Through: Prosperity
- Proverbs 30:9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
- Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Often Arises Through: Worldly Glory
- Numbers 22:17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, …
- Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Often Ends in Sin and Perdition
- 1 Timothy 6:9 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- James 1:15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Often Strengthened by the Perversion of God's Word
- Matthew 4:6 “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Paul
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
- Galatians 4:14 And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
Permitted As a Trial of Disinterestedness
- Job 1:9–12 Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing? …
Permitted As a Trial of Faith
- 1 Peter 1:7 so that the proven character of your faith — more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- James 1:2–3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, …
Peter
- Mark 14:67–71 and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.” …
Resistance To
- Genesis 39:7–10 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” …
- Nehemiah 4:9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
- Job 31:1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Job 31:5–17 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, …
- Job 31:19–34 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, …
- Job 31:38–40 if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together, …
- Psalm 17:4 As for the deeds of men — by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Psalm 73:2–26 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped. …
- Psalm 94:17–18 Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. …
- Psalm 119:101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Psalm 119:110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
- Amos 4:12 “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
- Matthew 4:1–11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. …
- Matthew 24:42–44 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. …
- Matthew 25:13 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- Matthew 26:38–42 Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” …
- Mark 13:33–37 Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come. …
- Mark 14:37–38 Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour? …
- Luke 4:1–13 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, …
- Luke 12:35–38 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning. …
- Luke 21:33–36 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. …
- 1 Corinthians 6:13 “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- Revelation 3:2–3 Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. …
Saints May be in Heaviness Through
- 1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Saints should Avoid the Way of
- Proverbs 4:14–15 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. …
Saints should not to Occasion, to Others
- Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
Saints should Pray to be Kept From
- Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Saints should Resist, in Faith
- Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- 1 Peter 5:9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
Saints should Restore Those Overcome By
- Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
Saints should Watch Against
- Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
The Devil is the Author of
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- John 13:2 The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.
The Devil Will Renew
- Luke 4:13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
The Old Prophet of Beth-El, the Prophet of Judah
- 1 Kings 13:15–19 So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.” …
To Distrust of God's Providence
- Matthew 4:3 The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
To Presumption
- Matthew 4:6 “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
To Worshipping the God of This World
- Matthew 4:9 “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
Yielding to Achan
- Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Yielding to Adam and Eve
- Genesis 3:1–19 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” …
Yielding to Balaam
- Numbers 22:15–22 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers. …
- 2 Peter 2:15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Yielding to David, to Commit Adultery
- 2 Samuel 11:2–5 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing— a very beautiful woman. …
Yielding to Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 20:12–20 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness. …
- Isaiah 39:1–4 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery. …
- Isaiah 39:6–7 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. …
Yielding to Isaac, to Lie
- Genesis 26:7 But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is …
Yielding to Jacob, to Defraud Esau
- Genesis 27:6–13 Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau, …
Yielding to Peter
- Matthew 26:69–74 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said. …
- Mark 14:67–71 and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.” …
- Luke 22:55–60 When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. …
Yielding to Sarah, to Lie
- Genesis 12:13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- Genesis 18:13–15 And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’ …
- Genesis 20:13 So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
Yielding to Solomon, to Become an Idolater Through the Influences of his Wives
- 1 Kings 11:4 For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel— yet foreign women drew him into sin.
Yielding to The Prophet of Judah
- 1 Kings 13:11–19 Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king. …
Yielding to To Count the Nation of Israel
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.