tempter


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a person who tempts others

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4, 1-11), Jesus reminds us to know the tempter we are dealing with, and not be deceived by his tricks and enticements.
Once again, the tempter shows up --this time there's no snakeskin costume.
Those of you who look for a bit of value, how about this for a tempter: Yann M'Vila to score the first goal of the match at massive odds of 20/1.
Towpath Tempter takes place on Saturday September 7 in Welshpool.
Signature pieces: The Serpent Vase first created in 1924, captures seduction, wisdom and fecundity in its undulating grace and shifting surfaces, aptly reflecting the nature of the Biblical tempter in the Garden of Eden.
And the detested partner probably already knows the love interest of their loved-one, because the tempter or temptress is most likely to be a close friend, a work colleague or an old flame.
Here Barth encountered for the first time the emptiness and horror of the tempter's promise: eritis sicut deus--you will be like God!
But every time the tempter did pop into mind while scribbling, the students had to tick a box.
Psalm 91, which the tempter quotes for Jesus, promises protection and long life to all who love and find their refuge in the Lord.
oceanic waves of the rhumba and the tempter's hipsway
The devil is much more dangerous as tempter than through extraordinary signs or astonishing external manifestations, because the gravest evil is sin.
The 11-2 VCbet post against the clash finishing 1-1 is a tempter, although those who fancy three or more goals (evens, Extrabet) will naturally prefer Coral.co.uk's 14-1 for the pair to play out an entertaining 2-2 draw.
The principal conceptual thread that holds this interesting book together--in its journey through various cultural domains--is that of Satan imagined as disembodied tempter and subverter.