Job 2:6

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Cross-reference

Job 1:12 Parallel

In Job 1:12, the same pattern occurs: God grants Satan permission to test Job but with a limit. Direct parallel of divine boundaries.

Job 23:10 Parallel

Job 23:10 expresses Job's understanding that his suffering is a refining test, the purpose behind God's permission.

Job 38:11 Parallel

In Job 38:11, God says 'This far you may come and no farther' – the same principle of limitation applied to the sea as to Satan.

In Luke 8:29-33, demons ask Jesus for permission, showing they operate under divine authority just as Satan does in Job.

Luke 22:31 Parallel

In Luke 22:31, Satan asks to sift Peter as he asked to test Job, a direct parallel of Satan seeking permission.

Luke 22:32 Parallel

In Luke 22:32, Jesus prays for Peter, showing God's protective limit on Satan's testing, analogous to Job's spared life.

In 1 Corinthians 10:13, God promises not to allow temptation beyond what we can bear, reflecting the same boundary-setting in Job.

In Revelation 2:10, the devil's testing is limited to ten days, paralleling God's imposed limit on Satan's affliction of Job.

Deuteronomy 28:35 pronounces boils as a covenant curse, the exact affliction Job suffers, though Job is righteous.

1 Corinthians 5:5 delivers a sinner to Satan for flesh destruction to save spirit—mirroring God's limited permission to afflict Job's body while sparing his life.

Revelation 9:4 limits locusts' harm to those without God's seal—paralleling God limiting Satan's harm on Job to body only, sparing life.

Revelation 9:5 allows torment but not killing—directly parallel to God's command to spare Job's life while permitting affliction.

2 Chronicles 18:21 parallels God giving a spirit permission to deceive, just as He permits Satan to afflict Job.

Revelation 20:2 shows Satan bound by God's authority, contrasting with the limited permission given in Job.

Revelation 20:7 describes Satan's release after a period, echoing God's sovereign permission to act as in Job.

Mark 5:13 Parallel

Mark 5:13 shows Jesus granting demons' request to enter pigs, similar divine permission for evil spirits as in Job.