Bible Verses About Temptation

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,'

If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

If I see the light when it shineth, And the precious moon walking,

And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

It also is a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.

If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

If not--say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

In the street doth not lodge a stranger, My doors to the traveller I open.

If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

Because I fear a great multitude, And the contempt of families doth affright me, Then I am silent, I go not out of the opening.

If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,