Luke 22:31

Good News Translation (US Version)

“Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:8

Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Zechariah 3:1

In another vision the Lord showed me the High Priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord. And there beside Joshua stood Satan, ready to bring an accusation against him.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “Now God's salvation has come! Now God has shown his power as King! Now his Messiah has shown his authority! For the one who stood before our God and accused believers day and night has been thrown out of heaven.

Amos 9:9

“I will give the command and shake the people of Israel like grain in a sieve. I will shake them among the nations to remove all who are worthless.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?”

Luke 10:41

The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things,

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus answered, “Go away, Satan! The scripture says, ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him!’”

Matthew 26:30

Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to hand this man over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:11

in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.

Isaiah 28:28

They do not ruin the wheat by threshing it endlessly, and they know how to thresh it by driving a cart over it without bruising the grains.