Bible Verses About Temptation

if I ate its produce without paying or made its owners despair;

then let thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley! "The words of Iyov are finished."

As for what others do, by words from your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent;

But as for me, I lost my balance, my feet nearly slipped,

when I grew envious of the arrogant and saw how the wicked prosper.

For when their death comes, it is painless; and meanwhile, their bodies are healthy;

they don't have ordinary people's troubles, they aren't plagued like others.

So for them, pride is a necklace; and violence clothes them like a robe.

Their eyes peep out through folds of fat; evil thoughts overflow from their hearts.

They scoff and speak with malice, they loftily utter threats.

They set their mouths against heaven; their tongues swagger through the earth.

Therefore his people return here and [thoughtlessly] suck up that whole cup of water.

Then they ask, "How does God know? Does the Most High really have knowledge?"

Yes, this is what the wicked are like; those free of misfortune keep increasing their wealth.

It's all for nothing that I've kept my heart clean and washed my hands, staying free of guilt;

for all day long I am plagued; my punishment comes every morning.

If I had said, "I will talk like them,"I would have betrayed a generation of your children.

When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me -

until I went into the sanctuaries of God and grasped what their destiny would be.

Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.

How suddenly they are destroyed, swept away by terrors!

They are like a dream when one awakens; Adonai, when you rouse yourself, you will despise their phantoms.

When I had a sour attitude and felt stung by pained emotions,

I was too stupid to understand; I was like a brute beast with you.

Nevertheless, I am always with you; you hold my right hand.