Job 1:12

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Job 1:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

11 But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

12 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

13 One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

14 a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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Luke 22:31

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.

Luke 22:32

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

John 19:11

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2 Corinthians 12:7

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Jeremiah 38:5

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John 3:36

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Job 2:5

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Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.