The Devil Quotes Scripture

by snowbird 8 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    Even the Devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose. Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 3.

    Psalm 91: 11, 12 He ordered his angels
    to guard you wherever you go.
    If you stumble, they'll catch you;
    their job is to keep you from falling. MSG

    Psalm 91:11 For he will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways; 12 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. NIV

    Matthew 4:6 The Devil goaded him by quoting Psalm 91: "He has placed you in the care of angels. They will catch you so that you won't so much as stub your toe on a stone." MSG

    Luke 4:10, 11 It's written, isn't it, that 'he has placed you in the care of angels to protect you; they will catch you; you won't so much as stub your toe on a stone'?" MSG

    Matthew 4:6 "If you are the Son of God," he said, "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.' " NIV

    Luke 4:10 For it is written:
    " 'He will command his angels concerning you
    to guard you carefully;
    11 they will lift you up in their hands,
    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.' " NIV

    What chutzpah! Mocking, presumptuous, insolent ingrate!

    Sylvia

  • beksbks
    beksbks

    Oh I thought this was a thread about Doe.

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    I like the devil.

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    Shhhhh!

    Sylvia

  • snowbird
    snowbird

    Oh, Lord!

    The Titian is awake!

    Sylvia

  • John Doe
    John Doe

    "She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses."--Ezekiel 23:20.

  • beksbks
    beksbks

    And now your thread title is fulfilled Sylvia!

  • John Doe
  • snowbird
    snowbird

    This is a good one:

    Acts 12:22 On the day set for their meeting, Herod, robed in pomposity, took his place on the throne and regaled them with a lot of hot air. The people played their part to the hilt and shouted flatteries: "The voice of God! The voice of God!"

    23 That was the last straw. God had had enough of Herod's arrogance and sent an angel to strike him down. Herod had given God no credit for anything. Down he went. Rotten to the core, a maggoty old man if there ever was one, he died.

    Tee hee hee.

    Sylvia

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