⁷ So ^(A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,^{[a] (B)}a thorn was given me in the flesh, ^(C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

⁵⁵ But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as ^(A)barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.

³ So now I say, ^(A)I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become ^(B)thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.”

²⁵ But Hezekiah ^(A)did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for ^(B)his heart was proud. Therefore ^(C)wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ But Hezekiah ^(D)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.

⁵ you are ^(A)to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so ^(B)that his spirit may be saved ^(C)in the day of the Lord.^[a]

²⁰ But ^(A)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(B)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

¹³ You know it was ^(A)because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you ^(B)at first,

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may ^(A)become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome ^(A)sores from ^(B)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Uzziah's Pride and Punishment

¹⁶ But when ^(A)he was strong, ^(B)he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.