Temptation

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• Daniel 4:30 OT

  The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

• Daniel 5:2 OT

  Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him; that the king and his lords, his wives and his…

• Matthew 4:6 NT

  and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

• Matthew 4:9 NT

  He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”

• 1 Peter 1:7 NT

  that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

• James 1:2 NT

  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

• James 1:3 NT

  knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

• Job 1:9-12 OT

  Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is…

• 1 Corinthians 10:13 NT

  No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

• James 1:15 NT

  Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

• Mark 1:13 NT

  He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

• Matthew 16:1 NT

  The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

• Matthew 22:18 NT

  But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

• Luke 10:25 NT

  Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

• Matthew 4:4 NT

  But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

• Matthew 4:7 NT

  Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”

• Matthew 4:10 NT

  Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

• Matthew 4:11 NT

  Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

• Hebrews 4:15 NT

  For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

• Hebrews 2:18 NT

  For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

• Luke 22:31 NT

  The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,

• Luke 22:32 NT

  but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

• John 17:15 NT

  I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

• 2 Peter 2:9 NT

  the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,