Acts 5:3
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3 “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?(A)
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Jeremiah 23:24
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24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 29:15
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15 Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,
whose deeds are in the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(A)
1 Peter 5:8
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8 Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A)
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Acts 5:9
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9 Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”(A)
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John 13:27
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27 After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Do quickly what you are going to do.”(A)
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John 13:2
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2 The devil had already decided[a] that Judas son of Simon Iscariot would betray Jesus. And during supper(A)
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- 13.2 Gk put it into his heart
James 4:7
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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.(A)
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Ephesians 6:11-16
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11 put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, 12 for our[a] struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present[b] darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.[c](A) 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day and, having prevailed against everything, to stand firm.(B) 14 Stand, therefore, and belt your waist with truth and put on the breastplate of righteousness(C) 15 and lace up your sandals in preparation for the gospel of peace. 16 With all of these,[d] take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.(D)
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Acts 5:4
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4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, were not the proceeds at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You did not lie to us[a] but to God!”
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- 5.4 Gk to men
Acts 5:2
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2 with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.(A)
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Luke 22:3
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3 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve;(A)
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Ecclesiastes 5:4
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4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.(A)
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Psalm 94:7-9
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7 and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(A)
8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(B)
9 He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?(C)
Job 22:13
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13 Therefore you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?(A)
Revelation 12:9-11
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9 The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.(A)
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming,
“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Messiah,[a]
for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down,
who accuses them day and night before our God.(B)
11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.(C)
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- 12.10 Gk Christ
Matthew 4:3-11
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3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”(A) 4 But he answered, “It is written,
‘One does not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”(B)
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,(C) 6 saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,
‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”(D)
7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”(E)
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” 10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
‘Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.’ ”(F)
11 Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.(G)
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1 Chronicles 21:1-3
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The Census and Plague
21 Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel.(A) 2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”(B) 3 But Joab said, “May the Lord increase the number of his people a hundredfold! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”(C)
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Deuteronomy 23:21
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21 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt.(A)
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Numbers 30:2
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2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.(A)
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Genesis 3:13-17
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13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”(A) 14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you among all animals
and among all wild creatures;
upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.(B)
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman
and between your offspring and hers;
he will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.”(C)
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;
in pain you shall bring forth children,
yet your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”(D)
17 And to the man[a] he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
about which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
cursed is the ground because of you;
in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;(E)
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- 3.17 Or to Adam
Romans 2:21-22
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21 you, then, who teach others, will you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(A) 22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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Matthew 13:19
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19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.(A)
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Hosea 11:12
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12 [a]Ephraim has surrounded me with lies
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks[b] with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.(A)
Proverbs 20:25
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25 It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and begin to reflect only after making a vow.(A)
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