Bible Dictionary: Tempting

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tempt.

2. (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.

Library

Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (By Asking) ...
... Book XIV. 16. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (by Asking) Whether
Was Lawful for a Man to Put Away His Wife for Every Cause. ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/16 concerning the pharisees and.htm

He Shows that Like the Devil when Tempting Christ, the Heretics ...
... Book VII. Chapter XVI. He shows that like the devil when tempting Christ,
the heretics garble and pervert holy Scripture. Why then ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xvi he shows that.htm

Adam's Sin
... His wiles are worse than his darts. Satan's subtlety in tempting; (1.) He dealt
all along as an impostor, he ushered in his temptation by lies.1st Lie. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 adams sin.htm

Temptations.
... Doubtless we had done as bad with half the argument of thy temptation. Satan
by tempting one may chiefly intend the destruction of another. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm

Of the Person to whom the Two Precepts Concerning the Love of God ...
... And one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and
saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter lxxiii of the person to.htm

Matt. xix. 16
... was it a small forwardness the young man had shown up to this time in having fallen
into such a desire; and when of the rest some were tempting, some were ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxiii matt xix 16.htm

Whether the Manner and Order of the First Temptation was Fitting?
... Hence the devil, in tempting man, made use of a twofold incentive to sin: one on
the part of the intellect, by promising the Divine likeness through the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the manner and order.htm

Explanation of the Lord's Question About his Mother and his ...
... them. But it was with the view of tempting Him, that they had mentioned
to Him a mother and brethren which He did not possess. The ...
/.../tertullian/ on the flesh of christ/chapter vii explanation of the lords.htm

Matt. xxii. 34-36.
... had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together;
and one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxi matt xxii 34-36.htm

Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign from Heaven.
... coming together unto Jesus, who disagreed in matters relating to the resurrection,
but came, as it were, to an agreement for the sake of tempting our Saviour ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/2 why the pharisees asked.htm

Thesaurus

Tempting (12 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Tempt. 2. (a.) Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring;
seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. ...Tempting (12 Occurrences). ...
/t/tempting.htm - 9k

Nazirite (10 Occurrences)
... when the Israelites, having failed to overcome the native population, began to mix
freely with them, the local worship, full of tempting Dionysiac elements ...
/n/nazirite.htm - 21k

Temptation (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
2. (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil. ...
/t/temptation.htm - 30k

Question (153 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEY BBE YLT NAS). Matthew 16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come,
tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven, (YLT). ...
/q/question.htm - 37k

Questioned (57 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful
for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him, (YLT). ...
/q/questioned.htm - 22k

Nethinim (16 Occurrences)
... It is no doubt tempting to see in the Gibeonites the earliest Nethinim, but another
tradition traces their origin to a gift of David and the princes for the ...
/n/nethinim.htm - 18k

Useless (47 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 3:5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know
your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our ...
/u/useless.htm - 19k

Welcome (31 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty
as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents ...
/w/welcome.htm - 15k

Win (27 Occurrences)
... Luke 16:9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty
as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents ...
/w/win.htm - 14k

Inviting (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invite. 2. (a.) Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement
or prospect. Multi-Version Concordance Inviting (2 Occurrences). ...
/i/inviting.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Tempting (12 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 4:13 And having ended all temptation, the Devil departed from him till a convenient season.
(See NIV)

Luke 10:25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?
(DBY)

Luke 11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 16:9 "But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish.
(WEY)

John 8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
(KJV WBS)

1 Thessalonians 3:5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
(YLT)

James 1:13 Let no one say, being tempted -- 'From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Tempting

Related Terms

Nazirite (10 Occurrences)

Temptation (22 Occurrences)

Question (153 Occurrences)

Questioned (57 Occurrences)

Nethinim (16 Occurrences)

Useless (47 Occurrences)

Welcome (31 Occurrences)

Win (27 Occurrences)