Bible Verses About Temptation: Resistance to temptation

And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, `Lie with me;'

and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, `Lo, my lord hath not known what is with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand;

none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou art his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? --then have I sinned against God.'

And it cometh to pass at her speaking unto Joseph day by day, that he hath not hearkened unto her, to lie near her, to be with her;

And we pray unto our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what--do I attend to a virgin?

If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

Let me sow--and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

For it is a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

For a fire it is , to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

If I see any perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'