Verse 7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8-9 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
  • Eph 4:27 : 27 and do not give the devil an opportunity.
  • Eph 6:11-12 : 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
  • 2 Chr 30:8 : 8 Now do not harden your necks as your ancestors did. Submit to the LORD; come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  • Matt 4:3-9 : 3 Then the tempter approached Him and said, 'If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.' 4 But He answered, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.' 5 Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. 6 He said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written: He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.' 7 Jesus said to him, 'Again it is written: You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.' 8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, 'All these I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.' 10 Then Jesus said to him, 'Go away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.' 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
  • Luke 4:2-9 : 2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry. 3 The devil said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.' 4 But Jesus answered him, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.' 5 Then the devil led Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant. 6 And he said to Him, 'I will give You all this authority and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whom I will.' 7 'Therefore if You will worship before me, it will all be Yours.' 8 But Jesus answered and said to him, 'Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.' 9 Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.' 10 'For it is written: He will command His angels concerning You, to guard You,' 11 'and they will lift You up in their hands so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.' 12 Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.' 13 When the devil had finished all this testing, he left Him until an opportune time.
  • Acts 16:29-31 : 29 The jailer asked for lights, rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?' 31 They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.'
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 So Samuel told him everything and did not hide anything from him. Eli said, "He is the Lord; let him do what he thinks is best."
  • 2 Sam 15:26 : 26 'But if He says, “I have no delight in you,” here I am—let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.'
  • 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be blessed.'
  • Job 40:3-5 : 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, but I will not answer; twice, but I will say no more.
  • Job 42:1-6 : 1 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 2 I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.' 5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. 6 Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 32:3-5 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah. 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, 'How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies submit themselves to You.'
  • Ps 68:30 : 30 From Your temple above Jerusalem, kings will bring You tribute.
  • Jer 13:18 : 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’
  • Dan 4:25 : 25 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'
  • Dan 4:34-34 : 34 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of Heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: 'Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Messiah. For the accuser of our siblings, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.' 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
  • 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Submit yourselves to every human authority for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as the one in authority,
  • Rom 14:11 : 11 It is written: 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'
  • 2 Kgs 1:13-15 : 13 A third time, the king sent a captain with fifty men. This third captain approached, fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, 'Man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.' 14 He continued, 'Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains and their men. But now, please let my life be valuable in your eyes.' 15 The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.' So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
  • Acts 26:19 : 19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."