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Bible Verses About Temptation in the Garden

This collection includes 50 passages about Temptation in the Garden. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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Scripture Passages

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But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

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And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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

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

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And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

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And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

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And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

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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:

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But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

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And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

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And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

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

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And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

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

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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

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

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

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

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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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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.

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Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

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

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

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And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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

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Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

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And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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