Job 1:6-7

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Satan Allowed to Test Job

⁶Now there was a day when ^(A)the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ^(B)Satan^[a] also came among them. ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From ^(C)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

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Job 1:6 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary; so throughout chapters 1–2

Isaiah 14:12-17

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¹²“How ^(A)you are fallen from heaven,
    O Day Star, ^(B)son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
    you who laid the nations low!
¹³You said in your heart,
    ^(C)‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
    ^(D)I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    in the far reaches of the north;^[a]
¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.’
¹⁵^(E)But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the far reaches of the pit.
¹⁶Those who see you will stare at you
    and ponder over you:
‘Is this ^(F)the man who made the earth tremble,
    who shook kingdoms,
¹⁷who made the world like a desert
    and overthrew its cities,
    ^(G)who did not let his prisoners go home?’

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Isaiah 14:13 Or in the remote parts of Zaphon

Matthew 4:2-11

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²And after fasting ^(A)forty days and forty nights, he ^(B)was hungry. ³And ^(C)the tempter came and said to him, “If you are ^(D)the Son of God, command ^(E)these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, ^(F)“It is written,

^(G)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

⁵^(H)Then the devil took him to ^(I)the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ⁶and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,

^(J)“‘He will command his angels concerning you,’

and

“‘On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”

⁷Jesus said to him, “Again ^(K)it is written, ^(L)‘You shall not ^(M)put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁸^(N)Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, ^(O)Satan! For ^(P)it is written,