An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.

Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.

But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

The Lord's anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go count Israel and Judah."

The Lord said, 'Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that.

The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

"Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

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And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Provoked david

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Provoked david

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

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"Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt."
so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

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