Temptation

Temptation is invoked here as the reason Passover's annual rhythm is so necessary — Israel will be tempted to forget God's deliverance once they're comfortable and prosperous in the land.

Temptation is identified here as the specific risk this law addresses — a father with a favored wife will be tempted to manipulate inheritance in her son's favor, and God's law preemptively blocks that impulse.

Temptation is identified here as the specific lure of abundance — the danger of inheriting cities, houses, and vineyards you didn't build is that self-sufficiency can quietly replace dependence on God.

Temptation connects the Old and New Testaments here — just as Israel was tested by hunger in the wilderness, Jesus faced the same test and answered it using Moses's words from this passage.

Temptation is introduced here as the pastoral application of the cosmic argument — the audience is tempted to return to old covenant structures, but the author invites them to see that returning to temporary things when you have an eternal Savior is the real fumble.

Temptation here is the shared human experience Jesus entered fully — establishing that His help for the tempted is not theoretical sympathy but the practical empathy of one who has been through it.

Temptation is the key qualifier that makes Jesus's priesthood unique — He wasn't shielded from human struggle but faced the full range of it, meaning He can sympathize with our weaknesses rather than judge from a distance.

Temptation here is the pull these Jewish believers feel to slide back into familiar religious structures rather than pressing forward into mature faith in Christ.

Temptation is depicted here as a deep pit — specifically in the context of sexual temptation — with the warning that those who fall in are those God has withdrawn His protection from.

Temptation surfaces here as the pull to admire or imitate people who achieve success through dishonest means — the very impulse Solomon is urging his reader to resist at the chapter's outset.

Temptation is illustrated here through the vivid image of the forbidden woman whose words drip honey and whose speech is smooth as oil — the danger isn't that it looks bad, but that it looks so good.

Temptation is analyzed here at its most tactical — the woman's full script demonstrates how enticement works by sequencing flattery, luxury, and manufactured safety to eliminate every rational objection.

The word 'tempted' is used colloquially here to describe the reader's impulse to skip the genealogy — ironically, the very list most people want to skip contains the chapter's richest theological claims.

Temptation is identified here as the urge to prematurely root out evil — the servants want to pull the weeds now, but Jesus warns this impulse can destroy good alongside bad.

Temptation is defined in action here — it takes something genuinely true (God's protection) and bends it just enough to lead someone into sin or presumption.

Temptation is listed as the first major topic Jesus addresses in this chapter, launching the section on the gravity of causing others to stumble.

The bread temptation is analyzed here as deceptively simple on the surface — the real test isn't about hunger but whether Jesus will use divine power for self-service rather than trust the Father's provision.