The Jezebel was characterized as a woman who was lewd, tempting and seductive. Milton tempting Lomax is possibly also inspired by the Biblical Temptation of Christ. Once again, this was too tempting a target, and the Boers opened fire. Sometimes they are seen as a metaphor of heretics tempting the weak. "If you only know what we know" remarks are tempting for officials. It is tempting to raise the following sort of question. Ascari was notoriously superstitious and took great pains to avoid tempting fate. He carries out punishments for God, as well as tempting humans and testing their faith. Smoke appears and throws Pooh inside a cabinet and starts tempting Corey into trying it. The tempting serpent of Genesis was just a serpent. For Governor Trott, this proved a tempting offer. Klogg tries to dissuade Klaymen from reviving Hoborg by tempting him with Hoborg's crown. This is Satan at work, tempting someone with the apple of their psyche'. Calling it "Disintegration" was kind of tempting fate, and fate retaliated. Another passage charges Lilith as being a tempting serpent of Eve.