7 Bible Verse to Help Us Deal With Temptation
We have all been tempted to do things we knew were wrong and outside of God's will. Many of us face these temptations each and every day, but do our best to do what is right. When we do wrong, we often feel the guilt and shame from the sin that we committed.
Even when we try to do the right thing, we may fall into Satan's trap. We have our ups and downs as Christians and these come when we fail to do the right thing or give into temptation.
There are many Bible verses that talk about temptation and testing. Most are given in forms of warnings or show us how Jesus was tested. God even invites us to test Him with our giving.
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Below are 7 Bible verses about temptation:
Matthew 26:41 - Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Luke 4:13 - And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.
1 Corinthians 7:2 - But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.
1 Timothy 6:9 - But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Exodus 17:2 - There- fore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?"
1 Chronicles 29:17 - I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
Matthew 4:7 - Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
