Quotes About Temptation

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ëWho is the LORD?í Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spiderís web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ëI will not serve!í Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ëIt is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.í

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighborís wife.

You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.

But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.