1 Chronicles 21:1

The Census Of David

¹ An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. ² David told Joab and the leaders of the army, "Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have."

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Job 1:6-12

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

Job 2:1

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.

Job 2:4-6

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

Zechariah 3:1

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

2 Samuel 24:1-25

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

1 Kings 22:20-22

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

Matthew 4:3

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

Luke 11:53

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,

Luke 22:31

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

John 13:2

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.

Acts 5:3

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?

Hebrews 10:24

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

James 1:13

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.

Revelation 12:10

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.