Trials, Temptations & Tribulations


15. Examples of resisting temptation:
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GEN 14:21. And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

GEN 14:22. And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

GEN 14:23. That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

2KI 5:15. And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

2KI 5:16. But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

JOB 2:9. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

JOB 2:10. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

JER 35:5. 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.

JER 35:6. 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:

DAN 1:8. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

ACT 8:18. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

ACT 8:19. Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

ACT 8:20. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.