Bible Verses About Temptation: General references

Now the serpent was more crafty than any wild animal which Adonai, God, had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree in the garden’?”

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat from the fruit of the trees of the garden,

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, ‘You are neither to eat from it nor touch it, or you will die.’”

The serpent said to the woman, “It is not true that you will surely die;

because God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her; and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to make themselves loincloths.

They heard the voice of Adonai, God, walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, so the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Adonai, God, among the trees in the garden.

Adonai, God, called to the man, “Where are you?”

He answered, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.”

He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I ordered you not to eat?”

The man replied, “The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

Adonai, God, said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman answered, “The serpent tricked me, so I ate.”

God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in doing this, your heart has been pure; and I too have kept you from sinning against me. This is why I didn't let you touch her.

Be careful not to make a covenant with the people living in the land where you are going, so that they won't become a snare within your own borders.

Rather, you are to demolish their altars, smash their standing-stones and cut down their sacred poles;

because you are not to bow down to any other god; since ADONAI -whose very name is Jealous -is a jealous God.

Do not make a covenant with the people living in the land. It will cause you to go astray after their gods and sacrifice to their gods. Then they will invite you to join them in eating their sacrifices,

and you will take their daughters as wives for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves to their own gods and make your sons do the same!

You are to burn up completely the carved statues of their gods. Don't be greedy for the silver or gold on them; don't take it with you, or you will be trapped by it; for it is abhorrent to ADONAI your God.

"Be careful not to forget ADONAI your God by not obeying his mitzvot, rulings and regulations that I am giving you today.

Otherwise, after you have eaten and are satisfied, built fine houses and lived in them,

and increased your herds, flocks, silver, gold and everything else you own,

you will become proud-hearted. Forgetting ADONAI your God - who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves;

you will think to yourself, 'My own power and the strength of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.'