Quotes about Tempted
Rereading some of these writers, one is tempted to say that if anyone needed help to struggle against some of the unfortunate things they committed to paper, it was not Paul, but some of his twentieth-century interpreters.
- NT Wright
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- 2 Samuel 11:2
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
- Job 31:9
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- Matthew 4:1
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
- James 1:14
James 1:14, 15: "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- Lewis Sperry Chafer
Like Daniel she enteres the lions' den, but lacking Daniel's pure and unblemished soul, Ada is spiced with the flavors of vice that make for a tasty meal. Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.
- Barbara Kingsolver
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
- St. Augustine
Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbor's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
- George Eliot
Some have been tempted to revise Jesus' command to read, Go ye into all the world, keep your blood pressure down, and, lo, I will make you a well-adjusted personality.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed animals
- Ernest Hemingway
If you know a good player who is tempted by pool hustling, introduce him at once to a career guidance counselor, a psychotherapist, or a surgeon who does lobotomies.
- Robert Byrne