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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tempt .
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Examples
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“Say: — Refuge I take with the Lord of men the sovran of men the God of men from the Tempter, the Demon who tempteth in whisper the breasts of men and from Jinnis and (evil) men.”
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Wottest thou not that Allah tempteth His creatures in order to learn by trial what may be their powers of patience?
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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For now everything that is narrow and fixed seduceth and tempteth thee.
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Zarathustra, “for now everything that is narrow and fixed seduceth and tempteth thee.”
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James 1. 1999
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And he proveth or tempteth by false prophets, Deut. xiii.
Of Temptation 1616-1683 1967
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For as the lion by roaring killeth the heart of his prey, so doth Satan kill the spirit of those that hearken to him; for when he tempteth, especially by way of accusation, he doth to us as
The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin
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"Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot tempt to evil; neither tempteth He any man."
Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Frederick W. Robertson
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