Matthew 4:6

World English Bible (2000)

and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

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  • Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. 12 They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.
  • 2 Cor 11:14 : 14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
  • Matt 4:4 : 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 5:23 : 23 For you shall be allied with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
  • Ps 34:20 : 20 He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
  • Luke 4:9-9 : 9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;' 11 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'" 12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

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  • Luke 4:1-13
    13 verses
    91%

    1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

    2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

    3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

    4Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

    5The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

    6The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

    7If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

    8Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

    10for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you;'

    11and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"

    12Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

    13When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until another time.

  • Matt 4:7-11
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    88%

    7Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

    8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

    9He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."

    10Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

    11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

  • Matt 4:1-5
    5 verses
    86%

    1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

    2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

    3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

    4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

    5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

  • Ps 91:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

    12They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.

  • Mark 1:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

    12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

    13He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

  • Matt 27:40
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    40and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

  • Luke 4:35
    69%

    35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.

  • Matt 16:23
    68%

    23But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

  • Matt 27:43
    68%

    43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

  • Luke 22:31
    68%

    31The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

  • Mark 8:33
    68%

    33But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

  • Mark 3:11
    68%

    11The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • Jas 4:7
    67%

    7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • Matt 3:17
    67%

    17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

  • 2 Pet 2:4
    67%

    4For if God didn't spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

  • Rev 12:9
    67%

    9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

  • Luke 10:18
    67%

    18He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

  • Luke 22:40
    67%

    40When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."

  • Matt 12:26
    67%

    26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

  • Mark 15:30
    67%

    30save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

  • Mark 3:22
    67%

    22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

  • Matt 26:53
    67%

    53Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

  • Luke 9:42
    67%

    42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

  • Jude 1:9
    66%

    9But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"

  • Luke 4:29
    66%

    29They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

  • Luke 11:19
    66%

    19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

  • Ps 73:18
    66%

    18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.