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  • Hebrews 10:24 - Let us consider how we can stir up one another to love. Let us help one another to do good works.
  • John 13:2 - They were having their evening meal. The devil had already tempted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. He had urged Judas to hand Jesus over to his enemies.
  • Matthew 4:3 - The tempter came to him. He said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
  • Luke 22:31 - “Simon, Simon! Satan has asked to sift all of you disciples like wheat.
  • 1 Kings 22:20 - The Lord said, ‘Who will get Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead? I want him to die there.’ “One angel suggested one thing. Another suggested something else.
  • 1 Kings 22:21 - Finally, a spirit came forward and stood in front of the Lord. The spirit said, ‘I’ll get Ahab to do it.’
  • 1 Kings 22:22 - “ ‘How?’ the Lord asked. “The spirit said, ‘I’ll go out and put lies in the mouths of all his prophets.’ “ ‘You will have success in getting Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’
  • James 1:13 - When a person is tempted, they shouldn’t say, “God is tempting me.” God can’t be tempted by evil. And he doesn’t tempt anyone.
  • Luke 11:53 - When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law strongly opposed him. They threw a lot of questions at him.
  • Revelation 12:10 - Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come. The authority of his Messiah has come. Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters, has been thrown down. He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.
  • Acts 5:3 - Then Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill your heart? He made you lie to the Holy Spirit. You have kept some of the money you received for the land.
  • Job 2:4 - Satan replied, “A man will give everything he has to save himself. So Job is willing to give up the lives of his family to save his own life.
  • Job 2:5 - But now reach out your hand and strike his flesh and bones. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”
  • Job 2:6 - The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing him over to you. But you must spare his life.”
  • Job 1:6 - One day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came with them.
  • Job 1:7 - The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered, “From traveling all around the earth. I’ve been going from one end of it to the other.”
  • Job 1:8 - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil.”
  • Job 1:9 - “You always give Job everything he needs,” Satan replied. “That’s why he has respect for you.
  • Job 1:10 - Haven’t you guarded him and his family? Haven’t you taken care of everything he has? You have blessed everything he does. His flocks and herds are spread all through the land.
  • Job 1:11 - But now reach out your hand and strike down everything he has. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”
  • Job 1:12 - The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing everything he has over to you. But do not touch the man himself.” Then Satan left the Lord and went on his way.
  • Job 2:1 - On another day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came to him along with them.
  • Zechariah 3:1 - Then the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest. He was standing in front of the angel of the Lord. Satan was standing to the right of Joshua. He was there to bring charges against the high priest.
  • 2 Samuel 24:1 - The Lord was very angry with Israel. He stirred up David against them. He said, “Go! Count the men of Israel and Judah.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:2 - So the king spoke to Joab and the army commanders with him. He said, “Go all through the territories of the tribes of Israel. Go from the town of Dan all the way to Beersheba. Count the fighting men. Then I’ll know how many there are.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:3 - Joab replied to the king. He said, “King David, you are my master. May the Lord your God multiply the troops 100 times. And may you live to see it. But why would you want me to count the fighting men?”
  • 2 Samuel 24:4 - The king’s word had more authority than the word of Joab and the army commanders. That was true in spite of what Joab had said. So they left the king and went out to count the fighting men of Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 24:5 - They went across the Jordan River. They camped south of the town in the middle of the Arnon River valley near Aroer. Then they went through Gad and continued on to Jazer.
  • 2 Samuel 24:6 - They went to Gilead and the area of Tahtim Hodshi. They continued to Dan Jaan and on around toward Sidon.
  • 2 Samuel 24:7 - Then they went toward the fort of Tyre. They went to all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba. It was in the Negev Desert of Judah.
  • 2 Samuel 24:8 - They finished going through the entire land. Then they came back to Jerusalem. They had been gone for nine months and 20 days.
  • 2 Samuel 24:9 - Joab reported to the king how many fighting men he had counted. In Israel there were 800,000 men who were able to handle a sword. In Judah there were 500,000.
  • 2 Samuel 24:10 - David felt sorry that he had counted the fighting men. So he said to the Lord, “I committed a great sin when I counted Judah and Israel’s men. Lord, I beg you to take away my guilt. I’ve done a very foolish thing.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:11 - Before David got up the next morning, a message from the Lord came to Gad the prophet. He was David’s seer. The message said,
  • 2 Samuel 24:12 - “Go and tell David, ‘The Lord says, “I could punish you in three different ways. Choose one of them for me to use against you.” ’ ”
  • 2 Samuel 24:13 - So Gad went to David. He said to him, “Take your choice. Do you want three years when there won’t be enough food in your land? Or do you want three months when you will run away from your enemies while they chase you? Or do you want three days when there will be a plague in your land? Think it over. Then take your pick. Tell me how to answer the one who sent me.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:14 - David said to Gad, “I’m suffering terribly. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord. His mercy is great. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:15 - So the Lord sent a plague on Israel. It lasted from that morning until he decided to end it. From Dan all the way to Beersheba 70,000 people died.
  • 2 Samuel 24:16 - The angel reached his hand out to destroy Jerusalem. But the Lord stopped sending the plague. So he spoke to the angel who was making the people suffer. He said, “That is enough! Do not kill any more people.” The angel of the Lord was at Araunah’s threshing floor. Araunah was from the city of Jebus.
  • 2 Samuel 24:17 - David saw the angel who was striking down the people. David said to the Lord, “I’m the one who has sinned. I’m the one who has done what is wrong. I’m like a shepherd for these people. These people are like sheep. What have they done? Let your judgment be on me and my family.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:18 - On that day Gad went to David. Gad said to him, “Go up to the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite. Build an altar there to honor the Lord.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:19 - So David went up and did it. He did what the Lord had commanded through Gad.
  • 2 Samuel 24:20 - Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him. So he went out to welcome them. He bowed down to the king with his face toward the ground.
  • 2 Samuel 24:21 - Araunah said, “King David, you are my master. Why have you come to see me?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered. “I want to build an altar there to honor the Lord. When I do, the plague on the people will be stopped.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:22 - Araunah said to David, “Take anything you wish. Offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering. Here are threshing sleds. And here are wooden collars from the necks of the oxen. Use all the wood to burn the offering.
  • 2 Samuel 24:23 - Your Majesty, I’ll give all of it to you.” Araunah continued, “And may the Lord your God accept you.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No. I want to pay you for it. I won’t sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that haven’t cost me anything.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen. He paid 20 ounces of silver for them.
  • 2 Samuel 24:25 - David built an altar there to honor the Lord. He sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings. Then the Lord answered David’s prayer and blessed the land. The plague on Israel was stopped.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • Hebrews 10:24 - Let us consider how we can stir up one another to love. Let us help one another to do good works.
  • John 13:2 - They were having their evening meal. The devil had already tempted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. He had urged Judas to hand Jesus over to his enemies.
  • Matthew 4:3 - The tempter came to him. He said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
  • Luke 22:31 - “Simon, Simon! Satan has asked to sift all of you disciples like wheat.
  • 1 Kings 22:20 - The Lord said, ‘Who will get Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead? I want him to die there.’ “One angel suggested one thing. Another suggested something else.
  • 1 Kings 22:21 - Finally, a spirit came forward and stood in front of the Lord. The spirit said, ‘I’ll get Ahab to do it.’
  • 1 Kings 22:22 - “ ‘How?’ the Lord asked. “The spirit said, ‘I’ll go out and put lies in the mouths of all his prophets.’ “ ‘You will have success in getting Ahab to attack Ramoth Gilead,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’
  • James 1:13 - When a person is tempted, they shouldn’t say, “God is tempting me.” God can’t be tempted by evil. And he doesn’t tempt anyone.
  • Luke 11:53 - When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law strongly opposed him. They threw a lot of questions at him.
  • Revelation 12:10 - Then I heard a loud voice in heaven. It said, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God have come. The authority of his Messiah has come. Satan, who brings charges against our brothers and sisters, has been thrown down. He brings charges against them in front of our God day and night.
  • Acts 5:3 - Then Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill your heart? He made you lie to the Holy Spirit. You have kept some of the money you received for the land.
  • Job 2:4 - Satan replied, “A man will give everything he has to save himself. So Job is willing to give up the lives of his family to save his own life.
  • Job 2:5 - But now reach out your hand and strike his flesh and bones. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”
  • Job 2:6 - The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing him over to you. But you must spare his life.”
  • Job 1:6 - One day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came with them.
  • Job 1:7 - The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered, “From traveling all around the earth. I’ve been going from one end of it to the other.”
  • Job 1:8 - Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil.”
  • Job 1:9 - “You always give Job everything he needs,” Satan replied. “That’s why he has respect for you.
  • Job 1:10 - Haven’t you guarded him and his family? Haven’t you taken care of everything he has? You have blessed everything he does. His flocks and herds are spread all through the land.
  • Job 1:11 - But now reach out your hand and strike down everything he has. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”
  • Job 1:12 - The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing everything he has over to you. But do not touch the man himself.” Then Satan left the Lord and went on his way.
  • Job 2:1 - On another day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came to him along with them.
  • Zechariah 3:1 - Then the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest. He was standing in front of the angel of the Lord. Satan was standing to the right of Joshua. He was there to bring charges against the high priest.
  • 2 Samuel 24:1 - The Lord was very angry with Israel. He stirred up David against them. He said, “Go! Count the men of Israel and Judah.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:2 - So the king spoke to Joab and the army commanders with him. He said, “Go all through the territories of the tribes of Israel. Go from the town of Dan all the way to Beersheba. Count the fighting men. Then I’ll know how many there are.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:3 - Joab replied to the king. He said, “King David, you are my master. May the Lord your God multiply the troops 100 times. And may you live to see it. But why would you want me to count the fighting men?”
  • 2 Samuel 24:4 - The king’s word had more authority than the word of Joab and the army commanders. That was true in spite of what Joab had said. So they left the king and went out to count the fighting men of Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 24:5 - They went across the Jordan River. They camped south of the town in the middle of the Arnon River valley near Aroer. Then they went through Gad and continued on to Jazer.
  • 2 Samuel 24:6 - They went to Gilead and the area of Tahtim Hodshi. They continued to Dan Jaan and on around toward Sidon.
  • 2 Samuel 24:7 - Then they went toward the fort of Tyre. They went to all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba. It was in the Negev Desert of Judah.
  • 2 Samuel 24:8 - They finished going through the entire land. Then they came back to Jerusalem. They had been gone for nine months and 20 days.
  • 2 Samuel 24:9 - Joab reported to the king how many fighting men he had counted. In Israel there were 800,000 men who were able to handle a sword. In Judah there were 500,000.
  • 2 Samuel 24:10 - David felt sorry that he had counted the fighting men. So he said to the Lord, “I committed a great sin when I counted Judah and Israel’s men. Lord, I beg you to take away my guilt. I’ve done a very foolish thing.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:11 - Before David got up the next morning, a message from the Lord came to Gad the prophet. He was David’s seer. The message said,
  • 2 Samuel 24:12 - “Go and tell David, ‘The Lord says, “I could punish you in three different ways. Choose one of them for me to use against you.” ’ ”
  • 2 Samuel 24:13 - So Gad went to David. He said to him, “Take your choice. Do you want three years when there won’t be enough food in your land? Or do you want three months when you will run away from your enemies while they chase you? Or do you want three days when there will be a plague in your land? Think it over. Then take your pick. Tell me how to answer the one who sent me.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:14 - David said to Gad, “I’m suffering terribly. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord. His mercy is great. But don’t let me fall into human hands.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:15 - So the Lord sent a plague on Israel. It lasted from that morning until he decided to end it. From Dan all the way to Beersheba 70,000 people died.
  • 2 Samuel 24:16 - The angel reached his hand out to destroy Jerusalem. But the Lord stopped sending the plague. So he spoke to the angel who was making the people suffer. He said, “That is enough! Do not kill any more people.” The angel of the Lord was at Araunah’s threshing floor. Araunah was from the city of Jebus.
  • 2 Samuel 24:17 - David saw the angel who was striking down the people. David said to the Lord, “I’m the one who has sinned. I’m the one who has done what is wrong. I’m like a shepherd for these people. These people are like sheep. What have they done? Let your judgment be on me and my family.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:18 - On that day Gad went to David. Gad said to him, “Go up to the threshing floor of Araunah, the Jebusite. Build an altar there to honor the Lord.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:19 - So David went up and did it. He did what the Lord had commanded through Gad.
  • 2 Samuel 24:20 - Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him. So he went out to welcome them. He bowed down to the king with his face toward the ground.
  • 2 Samuel 24:21 - Araunah said, “King David, you are my master. Why have you come to see me?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered. “I want to build an altar there to honor the Lord. When I do, the plague on the people will be stopped.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:22 - Araunah said to David, “Take anything you wish. Offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering. Here are threshing sleds. And here are wooden collars from the necks of the oxen. Use all the wood to burn the offering.
  • 2 Samuel 24:23 - Your Majesty, I’ll give all of it to you.” Araunah continued, “And may the Lord your God accept you.”
  • 2 Samuel 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No. I want to pay you for it. I won’t sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that haven’t cost me anything.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen. He paid 20 ounces of silver for them.
  • 2 Samuel 24:25 - David built an altar there to honor the Lord. He sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings. Then the Lord answered David’s prayer and blessed the land. The plague on Israel was stopped.
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