Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  6000 Sin and salvation  »  6100 Aspects of sin  »  6236 sexual sin  »  6241 seduction

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

Sexual seduction

Warnings to avoid temptation

Proverbs 7:1-22; 2 Timothy 2:22 See also Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 2:16-19

Examples of enticement

Genesis 39:6-12; Numbers 25:1-3 See also 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

The law as a deterrent

Exodus 22:16-17 See also Hebrews 13:4

Resisting temptation

Job 31:1 See also Malachi 2:14; Matthew 5:27-30; 1 Corinthians 7:2-3; Philippians 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6

Spiritual seduction

Through Satan

Genesis 3:1 See also John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Corinthians 11:3,14; Ephesians 6:11

Through lying spirits and false prophets

1 John 4:1 See also 1 Kings 22:19-23 pp 2 Chronicles 18:18-22; 1 Timothy 4:1; Matthew 24:24-25 pp Mark 13:22-23

Through false teachers

2 Peter 2:1,14-15 See also 2 Timothy 3:6-7,13; 1 John 2:18-19; 2Jn 7-8; Jude 10-12

The need for vigilance

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 See also Acts 20:28-31

The process of seduction

A thought planted

Genesis 3:2-3 See also Matthew 4:3; James 1:14; 1 John 2:15

An advantage promised

Genesis 3:4-5 See also Matthew 4:6

Attraction

Genesis 3:6 See also 1 John 2:16

Persistence on the part of the seducer

Matthew 4:8-9 See also Genesis 19:9; Judges 16:15-16

Yielding

Genesis 3:6 See also James 1:15

See also

4120  Satan
5746  youth
6145  deceit
7751  persuasion
7774  prophets, false
8482  spiritual warfare
8490  watchfulness
8749  false teachers
8776  lies