2 Corinthians 12:7
"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."
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- Numbers 33:55
"But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell."
Read in chapter → - Judges 2:3
"Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you."
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 32:25
"But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem."
Read in chapter → - Galatians 4:13
"Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 5:5
"To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 32:31
"And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:6
"Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 5:20
"But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 26:16
"But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense."
Read in chapter → - Job 2:7
"So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown."
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