2 Corinthians 12:7

Modern English Version

And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the body, a messenger of Satan, to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.

Cross References

Genesis 32:25

When the man saw that He did not prevail against Jacob, He touched the socket of his thigh, so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated, as he wrestled with Him.

Genesis 32:31

As he crossed over Peniel, the sun rose over him, and he was limping on his thigh.

2 Chronicles 26:16

And as he grew strong, his heart grew more proud, leading to his destruction. Then he acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God, for he entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar.

2 Chronicles 32:31

But the envoys came from the officials of Babylon who were sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been given in the land. God left him alone in order to test Hezekiah, to know what was in his heart.

Job 2:6

The Lord said to the Adversary, “Very well, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

Job 2:7

Therefore, the Adversary went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with severe sores from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Ezekiel 28:24

There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor any painful thorn among all who are around them, who despised them. Then 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, so that she will not find her paths.

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain will be like thorns in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will show hostility to you in the land in which you live.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in His face and struck Him. And others slapped Him with the palms of their hands,

Matthew 4:10

Then Jesus said to him, “Get away from here, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’ ”

Luke 13:16

Then should not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, be loosed from this bondage on the Sabbath?”

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless.

1 Corinthians 5:5

deliver him to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on 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 arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:20

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

2 Corinthians 12:1

Doubtless it is not profitable for me to boast. So I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Galatians 4:13

You know that it was because of an infirmity of the flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.

Deuteronomy 17:20

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

Deuteronomy 8:14

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be newly converted, so that he does not become prideful and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Judges 2:3

So now I say, ‘I will not drive them out before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’ ”