2 Corinthians 12:7
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7 even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep[a] me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated.[b]
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Numbers 33:55
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55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they shall trouble you in the land where you are settling.(A)
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Judges 2:3
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3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become adversaries[a] to you, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”(A)
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- 2.3 Gk OL Vg: Heb sides
Daniel 5:20
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20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him.(A)
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1 Corinthians 5:5
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5 you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.[a](A)
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- 5.5 Other ancient authorities add Jesus
2 Chronicles 32:25-26
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25 But Hezekiah did not respond according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.(A) 26 Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.(B)
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Galatians 4:13
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13 You know that it was because of a physical infirmity that I first announced the gospel to you;
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1 Timothy 3:6
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6 He must not be a recent convert,[a] or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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- 3.6 Gk neophyte
Job 2:7
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7 So the accuser[a] went out from the presence of the Lord and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.(A)
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- 2.7 Heb the satan
2 Chronicles 26:16
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Pride and Apostasy
16 But when he had become strong he grew proud, to his destruction. For he acted unfaithfully toward the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to make offering on the altar of incense.(A)
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2 Chronicles 32:31
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31 So also in the matter of the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:14
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14 then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,(A)
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Genesis 32:25
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25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
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2 Corinthians 10:5
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5 and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:11
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11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are naked and beaten and homeless,(A)
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Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,(A)
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Ezekiel 28:24
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24 The house of Israel shall no longer find a pricking brier or a piercing thorn among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.(A)
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Deuteronomy 17:20
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20 neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.(A)
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Genesis 32:31
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31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.
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2 Corinthians 11:20
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20 For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face.
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Luke 13:16
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16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”(A)
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