2 Corinthians 12:7

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Numbers 33:55

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.

Judges 2:3

Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.’ ”

Galatians 4:13

You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.

Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.

1 Corinthians 5:5

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

Genesis 32:31

Just as he crossed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.

Job 2:7

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

1 Timothy 3:6

not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

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 by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Deuteronomy 8:14

when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

Genesis 32:25

Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

Ezekiel 28:24

“And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

2 Chronicles 32:31

However, regarding the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, whom they sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God withdrew from him, in order to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

Deuteronomy 17:20

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

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,

Luke 13:16

So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands,

Job 2:6

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

Hosea 2:6

“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.

Matthew 4:10

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

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 12:1

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