2 Corinthians 12:7

A Conservative Version

And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted.

Cross References

Numbers 33:55

But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those that ye let remain of them shall be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which ye dwell.

Judges 2:3

Therefore 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 to you.

Galatians 4:13

But ye know that through a weakness of the flesh I preached the good-news to you the first time.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne. And they took his glory from him,

1 Corinthians 5:5

to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Genesis 32:31

And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel [Peniel], and he limped upon his thigh.

Job 2:7

So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

1 Timothy 3:6

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against LORD his God. For he went into the temple of LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Deuteronomy 8:14

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget LORD thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

Genesis 32:25

And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face.

1 Corinthians 4:11

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

Ezekiel 28:24

And there shall no more be a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any who are round about them, who did spite to them. And they shall know that I am lord LORD.

2 Chronicles 32:31

However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Deuteronomy 17:20

that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel

2 Corinthians 10:5

casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,

Luke 13:16

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face and struck him with a fist. And some slapped him,

Job 2:6

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.

2 Corinthians 10:10

Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.

2 Corinthians 12:1

(Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of Lord.