Bible Verses About Temptation and Sin

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

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:

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.

For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,