Bible Verses About Temptation

I've spread quilts on my couch made of colored Egyptian linen.

I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Come on, let's make love till morning; we'll enjoy making love.

My husband isn't at home, he's gone on a long trip;

he took a bag of money with him and won't be back till the moon is full."

With all her sweet talk she convinces him, enticing him with her seductive words.

At once he follows her like an ox on its way to be slaughtered; like a fool to be punished in the stocks;

or like a bird rushing into a trap, not knowing its life is at stake till an arrow pierces its liver.

calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,

"Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,

"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant."

The righteous guides his friend's way rightly, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

The teaching of a wise man is a fountain of life, enabling one to avoid deadly traps.

The fear of ADONAI is a fountain of life enabling one to avoid deadly traps.

A violent man lures his neighbor astray and leads him into evil ways.

My son, if you stop heeding discipline, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

Whoever causes the honest to pursue evil ways will himself fall into his own pit, but the pure-hearted will inherit good.

A trustworthy person will receive many blessings, but one rushing to get rich will not go unpunished.

for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is ADONAI?"And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is a snare and whose hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

He whose life is right and whose speech is straight, he who scorns getting rich by extortion, he who shakes his hands free of bribes, stops his ears against talk of bloodshed and shuts his eyes against looking at evil.

Such a person will live on the heights, his refuge a fortress among the cliffs, his food and water in steady supply.

wild, accustomed to the desert, sniffing the wind in her lust - who can control her when she's in heat? Males seeking her need not weary themselves, for at mating season they will find her.

"Stop before your shoes wear out, and your throat is dry from thirst! But you say, 'No, it's hopeless! I love these strangers, and I'm going after them.'

There I set in front of the members of the clan of the Rekhavim pitchers full of wine and cups, and said to them, "Drink some wine."