The deliberate enticement or persuasion of someone into the abandonment of godly principles. Scripture speaks of both sexual and spiritual seduction.

Proverbs 7:1-22

Sexual seduction

2 Timothy 2:22

Warnings to avoid temptation

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Proverbs 1:10; 2:16-19
Genesis 39:6-12
Numbers 25:1-3

Examples of enticement

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Numbers 31:15-16
Judges 16:1,4-5
2 Samuel 11:1-4
1 Kings 11:1-6
Revelation 2:14-16,20-22
Exodus 22:16-17

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The law as a deterrent

Hebrews 13:4
Job 31:1

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Resisting temptation

Malachi 2:14
Matthew 5:27-30
1 Corinthians 7:2-3
Philippians 4:8
1 Thessalonians 4:3-6
Genesis 3:1

Spiritual seduction

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Through Satan

John 8:44
2 Corinthians 2:11; 11:3,14
Ephesians 6:11
1 John 4:1

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Through lying spirits and false prophets

1 Kings 22:19-23
1 Timothy 4:1
Matthew 24:24-25

pp 2Ch 18:18-22

2 Peter 2:1,14-15

pp Mk 13:22-23

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Through false teachers

2 Timothy 3:6-7,13
1 John 2:18-19
2 John 1:7-8
Jude 1:10-12
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

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The need for vigilance

Acts 20:28-31
Genesis 3:2-3

The process of seduction

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A thought planted

Matthew 4:3
James 1:14
1 John 2:15
Genesis 3:4-5

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An advantage promised

Matthew 4:6
Genesis 3:6

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Attraction

1 John 2:16
Matthew 4:8-9

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Persistence on the part of the seducer

Genesis 19:9
Judges 16:15-16
Genesis 3:6

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Yielding

James 1:15

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