Verses for Times of Temptation

Psalm 101:3-5 NIV
I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

Psalm 119:37 NIV
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

Romans 6:14 NKJV
14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

Romans 6:22-23 NKJV
22But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:2 NKJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:11,13 NKJV
11But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. 13For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 

1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Philippians 4:13 NKJV
13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV
22Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Titus 2:11-13 NKJV
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ
Hebrews 2:17-18 NIV
For this reason he [Jesus] had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

James 4:7 NIV
 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8-10 NIV
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

2 Peter 2:9 NIV
 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment

1 John 2:15-17 NKJV
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever"

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