Bible Verses About Temptation and Sin
Bible verses about Temptation and Sin
Discover what the Bible says about temptation and sin.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Scripture Passages
[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
And if thy right eye shall cause thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for [it] is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.
And if thy right hand shall cause thee to sin, cut it off, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Wherefore I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.
But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me, to sin, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to sin, cut them off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
And if thy eye causeth thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.
They on the rock [are they], who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall into sin.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art cured: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee.
So when they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
If I had not done among them the works which no other man hath done, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen, and hated both me and my Father.
What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness to God:
But now being made free from sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
And if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
And he that doubteth is damned if he eateth, because [he eateth] not from faith: for whatever [is] not from faith is sin.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
A high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
And blessed is [he] to whom I shall not be the cause of his falling into sin.
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
And said to them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Which of you convicteth me of sin? And if I speak the truth, why do ye not believe me?