Job 1:12
And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
Cross-reference
Job 1:11 is Satan's challenge to God; verse 12 is God's direct response granting permission with limits.
In Job 2:4-6, Satan again receives permission to afflict Job's body, repeating the pattern of divine limitation from Job 1:12.
Job 2:6 repeats the pattern: God grants Satan permission to touch Job's body but spare life — an escalation from 1:12.
In Job 23:10, Job later expresses confidence that his trials will refine him like gold — echoing the testing initiated here.
1 Kings 22:23 shows God sending a lying spirit to deceive Ahab — similar to Job 1:12 where God permits Satan to test Job within limits.
In Luke 8:32, Jesus similarly permits demons to enter the swine, showing divine permission for evil beings to act within limits.
In Luke 22:31, Satan demands to sift Peter, echoing the heavenly permission scene where God allows Satan to test Job.
In John 19:11, Jesus states all authority comes from above, paralleling God's grant of limited authority to Satan over Job.
In 1 Corinthians 10:13, God limits temptation so we can endure — directly parallel to God limiting Satan's attack on Job.
In 2 Corinthians 12:7, Paul's thorn is a messenger of Satan permitted by God, just as God allowed Satan to afflict Job.
Genesis 4:16 uses the identical phrase 'went out from the presence of the LORD' for Cain, mirroring Satan's departure.
In 2 Chronicles 18:21, a deceiving spirit receives God's permission to deceive, paralleling Satan's commission to afflict Job.
In Luke 22:32, Jesus prays that Peter's faith won't fail, reflecting God's protective limit set in Job 1:12.
Revelation 9:4 shows a similar divine limit on destructive forces — they can only harm those without God's seal.
2 Chronicles 32:31 says God left Hezekiah to test him, similarly to God allowing Satan to test Job.
In Psalm 76:10, God's restraint of wrath is praised, echoing the limit God places on Satan's power over Job.