1 Chronicles 21:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.”
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“Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 21:1 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 30:12“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
- 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Samuel 24:24“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- 1 Kings 22:20And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 1 Chronicles 7:40All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
- Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
- Job 2:1On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Zechariah 3:1Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Matthew 4:3The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
- Luke 11:53As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
- Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- Hebrews 10:24And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
- James 1:13When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses them day and night before our God.
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