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In his anger against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
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But they were terrified and said, “If two kings could not resist him, how can we?”
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Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.
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“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.
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His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
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but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
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Then the king of the North will come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will be powerless to resist; even their best troops will not have the strength to stand.
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With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
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Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
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But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
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and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
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“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
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The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
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The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
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The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.
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When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
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Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
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For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
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Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
