2 Corinthians 12:7

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And so that I would not be exalted beyond measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to assault me, lest I should be exalted beyond measure.

Cross References

Genesis 32:25

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

Genesis 32:31

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his thigh.

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.

2 Chronicles 32:31

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

Job 2:6

And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life.

Job 2:7

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

Ezekiel 28:24

And there shall be no more a piercing brier to the house of Israel, nor any painful thorn among all who are round about them, who despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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:

Hosea 2:6

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

Numbers 33:55

But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be briers in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall trouble you in the land in which you dwell.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in his face, and punched him; and others struck him with the palms of their hands,

Matthew 4:10

Then said Jesus to him, Be gone, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

Luke 13:16

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

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are assaulted, and have no sure dwelling place;

1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For his letters, they say, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 10:5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you allow it, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man devours you, if a man takes from you, if a man exalts himself, if a man strikes you on the face.

2 Corinthians 12:1

It is doubtless not profitable for me to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 4:13

You know how through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first.

Deuteronomy 17:20

That his heart be not lifted up above his people, 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 children, in the midst of Israel.

Deuteronomy 8:14

Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

1 Timothy 3:6

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he falls into the condemnation of the devil.

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.