A situation where someone is encouraged to do wrong or disobey God.
Key References
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
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 an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
All Scripture References (10)
Matthew (2)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Mark (1)
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Luke (5)
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”
When He came to the place, He told them, “Pray that you will not enter into temptation.”
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
1 Corinthians (1)
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 an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
1 Timothy (1)
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.