Bible Verses About Temptation: Resistance to temptation

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:

he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou artmy confidence;