Quotes About Temptation

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.