Bible Concordances
Temptation

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• God cannot be the subject of
  James 1:13

• Does not come from God
  James 1:13

• COMES FROM
  • Lusts
    James 1:14
  • Covetousness
    Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:9,10

• The devil is the author of
  1 Chronicles 21:1; Matthew 4:1; John 13:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:5

• Evil associates, the instruments of
  Proverbs 1:10; 7:6; 16:29

• OFTEN ARISES THROUGH
  • Poverty
    Proverbs 30:9; Matthew 4:2,3
  • Prosperity
    Proverbs 30:9; Matthew 4:8
  • Worldly glory
    Numbers 22:17; Daniel 4:30; 5:2; Matthew 4:8

• To distrust of God's providence
  Matthew 4:3

• To presumption
  Matthew 4:6

• To worshipping the god of this world
  Matthew 4:9

• Often strengthened by the perversion of God's word
  Matthew 4:6

• PERMITTED AS A TRIAL OF
  • Faith
    1 Peter 1:7; James 1:2,3
  • Disinterestedness
    Job 1:9-12

• Always conformable to the nature of man
  1 Corinthians 10:13

• Often ends in sin and perdition
  1 Timothy 6:9; James 1:15

• CHRIST
  • Endured, from the devil
    Mark 1:13
  • Endured, from the wicked
    Matthew 16:1; 22:18; Luke 10:25
  • Resisted by the word of God
    Matthew 4:4,7,10
  • Overcame
    Matthew 4:11
  • Sympathises with those under
    Hebrews 4:15
  • Is able to help those under
    Hebrews 2:18
  • Intercedes for his people under
    Luke 22:31,32; John 17:15

• God will not suffer saints to be exposed to, beyond their Powers to bear
  1 Corinthians 10:13

• God will make a way for saints to escape out of
  1 Corinthians 10:13

• God enables the saints to bear
  1 Corinthians 10:13

• God knows how to deliver saints out of
  2 Peter 2:9

• Christ keeps faithful saints from the hour of
  Revelation 3:10

• Saints may be in heaviness through
  1 Peter 1:6

• SAINTS SHOULD
  • Resist, in faith
    Ephesians 6:16; 1 Peter 5:9
  • Watch against
    Matthew 26:41; 1 Peter 5:8
  • Pray to be kept from
    Matthew 6:13; 26:41
  • Not to occasion, to others
    Romans 14:13
  • Restore those overcome by
    Galatians 6:1
  • Avoid the way of
    Proverbs 4:14,15

• The devil will renew
  Luke 4:13

• Has strength through the weakness of the flesh
  Matthew 26:41

• Mere professors fall away in time of
  Luke 8:13

• Blessedness of those who meet and overcome
  James 1:2-4,12

• Exemplified
  • Eve
    Genesis 3:1,4,5
  • Joseph
    Genesis 39:7
  • Balaam
    Numbers 22:17
  • Achan
    Joshua 7:21
  • David
    2 Samuel 11:2
  • Jeroboam
    1 Kings 15:30
  • Peter
    Mark 14:67-71
  • Paul
    2 Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 4:14