Job 1:7
The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
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- 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
- Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
- Zech 1:10-11 : 10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.” 11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees,“We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
- Zech 6:7 : 7 All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said,“Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.
- Matt 12:43 : 43 The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
- Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
- Rev 12:12-17 : 12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!” 13 Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of– away from the presence of the serpent– for a time, times, and half a time. 15 Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood, 16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 17 So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus.
- Rev 20:8 : 8 and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea.
- 2 Kgs 5:25 : 25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered,“Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”
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1 Satan’s Additional Charge 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.
2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”
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8 So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
9 Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
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20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
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