Study the Bible by Topic
TEMPTATION

• GENERAL REFERENCES
  Genesis 3:1-13; 20:6; Exodus 34:12-16; Deuteronomy 7:25; 8:11-14,17,18; 13:3; 1Chronicles 21:1; 2Chronicles 32:30,31; Psalms 119:165; Proverbs 1:10-17; 2:10-12,16; 4:14,15; 5:6-21; 6:27,28; 7:7-23; 9:15-17; 12:26; 13:14; 14:27; 16:29; 19:27; 28:10; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Isaiah 33:15,16; Jeremiah 2:24,25; 35:5-7; Hosea 7:5; Amos 2:12; Matthew 4:1-11; 5:19; 12:45; 13:22; 18:6-9; 26:31,41; Mark 4:15,17; 10:21-25; 13:21,22; 14:38; Luke 4:1-13; 8:13,14; 11:4; 22:3,31,32,40,46; John 16:1,2; Romans 6:12-14; 7:5; 8:35-39; 12:21; 14:13,15,21; 1Corinthians 7:5; 8:9-13; 10:13,28-32; 2Corinthians 2:11; 11:3,14,15; 12:7; Galatians 4:14; 5:17; Ephesians 4:27; 6:11,13-17; 1Thessalonians 3:5; 1Timothy 5:15; 6:9,10; 2Timothy 3:13; Hebrews 2:18; 4:15; 12:3,4; James 1:2-4,12-16; 4:7; 1Peter 1:6,7; 4:12; 5; 2Peter 2:9,18; 3:17; 1John 2:16,26; 4:4; Revelation 3:10; 12:10,11,17

  • See DEMONS, FAITH, TRIAL OF, SATAN
    
    

• A TEST
  Genesis 22:1-14; Deuteronomy 8:2,5; 13:1-3; 2Chronicles 32:31; Job 1:8-22; 2:3-10; Psalms 66:10-13; Daniel 12:10; Zechariah 13:9; Hebrews 11:17; James 1:2,3,12; 1Peter 1:6,7

  • See AFFLICTION, DESIGN OF, FAITH, TRIAL OF

• Prayer against being led into
  Matthew 6:13; Luke 22:40

• INSTANCES OF LEADING INTO TEMPTATION:

  • Abraham leads Pharaoh
    Genesis 12:18,19

  • Abimelech
    Genesis 20:9

  • Balak tempts Balaam
    Numbers 22; 23; 24

  • The old prophet of Bethel, the prophet of Judah
    1Kings 13:15-19

  • Gideon leads the people of Israel into sin
    Judges 8:27

  • Jeroboam leads the northern kingdom (Israel) into
    1Kings 15:30
    
    

• RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION
  Genesis 39:7-10; Nehemiah 4:9; Job 31:1,5-17,19-34,38-40; Psalms 17:4; 73:2-26; 94:17,18; 119:101,110; Amos 4:12; Matthew 4:1-11; 24:42-44; 25:13; 26:38-42; Mark 13:33-37; 14:37,38; Luke 4:1-13; 12:35-38; 21:33-36; 1Corinthians 6:13; 1Peter 4:7; Revelation 3:2,3
  
  

• INSTANCES OF RESISTING TEMPTATION:

  • Joseph resists the temptation to commit adultery
    Genesis 39:7-12

  • Balaam, in refusing to curse the children of Israel
    Numbers 22:7-18, 24:12-13

  • The prophet of Judah
    1Kings 13:7-9

  • Micaiah
    1Kings 22:13-28

  • Job
    Job 1:6-21; Job 2:4-10

  • Rechabites
    Jeremiah 35

  • David, to injure Saul
    1Samuel 26:5-25

  • The people of Jerusalem, not to trust Jehovah
    2Kings 18:30-36

  • Jesus
    Matthew 4:1-11
    
    

• INSTANCES OF YIELDING TO TEMPTATION:

  • Adam and Eve
    Genesis 3:1-19

  • Sarah, to lie
    Genesis 12:13; 18:13-15; 20:13

  • Isaac, to lie
    Genesis 26:7

  • Jacob, to defraud Esau
    Genesis 27:6-13

  • Balaam
    Numbers 22:15-22; 2Peter 2:15

  • Achan
    Joshua 7:21

  • David:

    • to commit adultery
      2Samuel 11:2-5

    • To count the nation of Israel
      1Chronicles 21

  • Solomon, to become an idolater through the influences of his wives
    1Kings 11:4; Nehemiah 13:26

  • The prophet of Judah
    1Kings 13:11-19

  • Hezekiah
    2Kings 20:12-20; Isaiah 39:1-4,6,7

  • Peter
    Matthew 26:69-74; Mark 14:67-71; Luke 22:55-60