Quotes about Temptation
From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
- Ezekiel 28:15
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
- Daniel 11:32
When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
- Hosea 4:18
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
- Hosea 7:4
If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- Micah 2:11
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- Matthew 4:2
The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
- Matthew 4:3
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- Matthew 4:5
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- Matthew 4:6
Jesus replied, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Matthew 4:7
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Matthew 4:8
“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
- Matthew 4:9