Memorize Scripture

Bible Verses About Temptation

When Jesus was tempted, he answered each time with scripture, spoken aloud. These passages are for doing the same: words ready on your lips at the moment you need them.

When to say them. Say them the moment temptation comes, and every morning before it does.

6 passages to memorize

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:13 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.
    An example of praying it: Father, this temptation is not new, and I am not the only one who has faced it. You are faithful. You will not let me be tempted beyond what I can bear. Show me the way out you have provided, and give me the strength to take it and to stand.
  2. James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  3. Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
  4. Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heartthat I might not sin against You.
  5. Hebrews 4:15–16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  6. Galatians 5:16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

You can pray any of these passages, memorized or not. How to pray scripture.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible or World English Bible, as you choose under “Bible text”. The coach’s voice is computer-generated.