Bible Verses About Temptation: General references

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

and of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die,

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it--your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they are naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where art thou?'

and he saith, `Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou art naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me--she hath given to me of the tree--and I do eat.'

And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What is this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget--and I do eat.'

And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I--I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land into which thou art going, lest it become a snare in thy midst;

for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

for ye do not bow yourselves to another god--for Jehovah, whose name is Zealous, is a zealous God.

`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and one hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;

`The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken it to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it is ;

`Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

`And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: