1 Chronicles 21:1

The Census Of David

¹ Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count the people of Israel. ² So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan and bring a report to me so I can know their number.”

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Job 1:6-12

One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.

Job 2:1

One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.

Job 2:4-6

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

2 Samuel 24:1-25

The Lord’s anger burned against Israel again, and He stirred up David against them to say: “Go, count the people of Israel and Judah.”

1 Kings 22:20-22

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.

Matthew 4:3

Then the tempter approached Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Luke 11:53

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

Luke 22:31

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

John 13:2

Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Him.

Acts 5:3

Then Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the field?

Hebrews 10:24

And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works,

James 1:13

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God is not tempted by evil, and He Himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:

The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of His Messiah
have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers
has been thrown out:
the one who accuses them
before our God day and night.