2 Corinthians 12:7

Paul's Visions and His Thorn

⁷ And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a _g thorn in the flesh was given to me, _h a messenger of Satan to ₁ buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

1. Cross References
   Numbers 33:55
   But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.
   Ezekiel 28:24
   "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."
   Hosea 2:6
   Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.
   Galatians 4:13
   You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.
   Galatians 4:14
   And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 2:7
   So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
   Matthew 4:10
   Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'
   Luke 13:16
   "So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound - think of it - for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"
   1 Corinthians 5:5
   Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.