Temptation

General scriptures concerning

• Genesis 3:1–13

  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. …

• Genesis 20:6

  And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

• Exodus 34:12–16

  Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: …

• Deuteronomy 7:25

  The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

• Deuteronomy 8:11–14

  Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; …

• Deuteronomy 8:17

  And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

• Deuteronomy 8:18

  But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

• Deuteronomy 13:3

  Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

• 1 Chronicles 21:1

  And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 32:30

  This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

• 2 Chronicles 32:31

  Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

• Psalms 119:165

  Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

• Proverbs 1:10–17

  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: …

• Proverbs 2:10–12

  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

• Proverbs 2:16

  To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

• Proverbs 4:14

  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

• Proverbs 4:15

  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

• Proverbs 5:6–21

  Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: …

• Proverbs 6:27

  Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

• Proverbs 6:28

  Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

• Proverbs 7:7–23

  And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: …

• Proverbs 9:15–17

  To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

• Proverbs 12:26

  The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

• Proverbs 13:14

  The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

• Proverbs 14:27

  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

• Proverbs 16:29

  A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

• Proverbs 19:27

  Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

• Proverbs 28:10

  Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

• Ecclesiastes 7:26

  And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

• Isaiah 33:15

  He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

• Isaiah 33:16

  He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

• Jeremiah 2:24

  A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

• Jeremiah 2:25

  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

• Jeremiah 35:5–7

  And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

• Hosea 7:5

  In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

• Amos 2:12

  But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

• Matthew 4:1–11

  Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. …

• Matthew 5:19

  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 12:45

  Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

• Matthew 13:22

  He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

• Matthew 18:6–9

  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. …

• Matthew 26:31

  Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

• Matthew 26:41

  Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

• Mark 4:15

  And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

• Mark 4:17

  And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

• Mark 10:21–25

  Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! …

• Mark 13:21

  And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

• Mark 13:22

  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

• Mark 14:38

  Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

• Luke 4:1–13

  And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. …

• Luke 8:13

  They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

• Luke 8:14

  And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

• Luke 11:4

  And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

• Luke 22:3

  Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

• Luke 22:31

  And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

• Luke 22:32

  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

• Luke 22:40

  And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

• Luke 22:46

  And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

• John 16:1

  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

• John 16:2

  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

• Romans 6:12–14

  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

• Romans 7:5

  For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

• Romans 8:35–39

  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. …

• Romans 12:21

  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

• Romans 14:13

  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

• Romans 14:15

  But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

• Romans 14:21

  It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

• 1 Corinthians 7:5

  Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

• 1 Corinthians 8:9–13

  But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? …

• 1 Corinthians 10:13

  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

• 1 Corinthians 10:28–32

  But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? …

• 2 Corinthians 2:11

  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

• 2 Corinthians 11:3

  But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

• 2 Corinthians 11:14

  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

• 2 Corinthians 11:15

  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

• 2 Corinthians 12:7

  And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

• Galatians 4:14

  And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

• Galatians 5:17

  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

• Ephesians 4:27

  Neither give place to the devil.

• Ephesians 6:11

  Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

• Ephesians 6:13–17

  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; …

• 1 Thessalonians 3:5

  For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

• 1 Timothy 5:15

  For some are already turned aside after Satan.

• 1 Timothy 6:9

  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

• 1 Timothy 6:10

  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

• 2 Timothy 3:13

  But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

• Hebrews 2:18

  For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

• Hebrews 4:15

  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

• Hebrews 12:3

  For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

• Hebrews 12:4

  Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

• James 1:2–4

  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

• James 1:12–16

  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. …

• James 4:7

  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

• 1 Peter 1:6

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

• 1 Peter 1:7

  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

• 1 Peter 4:12

  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

• 2 Peter 2:9

  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

• 2 Peter 2:18

  For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

• 2 Peter 3:17

  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

• 1 John 2:16

  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

• 1 John 2:26

  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

• 1 John 4:4

  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

• Revelation 3:10

  Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

• Revelation 12:10

  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

• Revelation 12:11

  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 5

A test

• Genesis 22:1–14

  And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. …

• Deuteronomy 8:2

  And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

• Deuteronomy 8:5

  Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

• Deuteronomy 13:1–3

  If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

• 2 Chronicles 32:31

  Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

• Job 1:8–22

  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. …

• Job 2:3–10

  And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. …

• Psalms 66:10–13

  For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. …

• Daniel 12:10

  Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

• Zechariah 13:9

  And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

• Hebrews 11:17

  By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

• James 1:2

  My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

• James 1:3

  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

• James 1:12

  Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

• 1 Peter 1:6

  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

• 1 Peter 1:7

  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Leading into

Instances of

Resistance to

• Genesis 39:7–10

  And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? …

• Nehemiah 4:9

  Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

• Job 31:1

  I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

• Job 31:5–17

  If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; …

• Job 31:19–34

  If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: …

• Job 31:38–40

  If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

• Psalms 17:4

  Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

• Psalms 73:2–26

  But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. …

• Psalms 94:17

  Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

• Psalms 94:18

  When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

• Psalms 119:101

  I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

• Psalms 119:110

  The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

• Amos 4:12

  Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

• Matthew 4:1–11

  Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. …

• Matthew 24:42–44

  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

• Matthew 25:13

  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

• Matthew 26:38–42

  Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? …

• Mark 13:33–37

  Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: …

• Mark 14:37

  And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

• Mark 14:38

  Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

• Luke 4:1–13

  And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. …

• Luke 12:35–38

  Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. …

• Luke 21:33–36

  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. …

• 1 Corinthians 6:13

  Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

• 1 Peter 4:7

  But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

• Revelation 3:2

  Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

• Revelation 3:3

  Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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