Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Sift

Bible References

Simon

Luke 10:41
But the Lord answered [and] said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many [things]!
Acts 9:4
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

Sift

Amos 9:9
"Yes, look, I [am] going to command and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations like one who shakes with a sieve, but not a pebble will fall [to the] ground.

General references

Mark 5:12
and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them."
John 20:6
Then Simon Peter also came following him, and he went into the tomb and saw the [strips of] linen cloth lying there,
2 Corinthians 2:11
in order that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).