Acts 1:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take. [

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  • Ps 69:25 : 25 Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 109:8-9 : 8 Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it. 4 I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
  • Luke 20:42 : 42 For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
  • Acts 13:33 : 33 that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

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  • Ps 109:6-10
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    77%

    6Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand.

    7When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

    8Let his days be few; [And] let another take his office.

    9Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

    10Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.

  • Acts 1:25-26
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    74%

    25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

    26And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

  • Acts 1:16-19
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    73%

    16Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

    17For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

    18(Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

    19And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

  • Acts 1:21-22
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    21Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

    22beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

  • Ps 69:25
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    25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.

  • Acts 22:22
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    22And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

  • Luke 20:15-17
    3 verses
    69%

    15And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

    16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

    17But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?

  • Mark 12:8-10
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    68%

    8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

    10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

  • Acts 6:14
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    14for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered unto us.

  • Luke 4:29
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    29and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.

  • Luke 20:42
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    42For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

  • Acts 2:34
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    34For David ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

  • Matt 21:39
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    39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • Ps 71:11
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    11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

  • Acts 4:11
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    11He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.

  • John 11:48
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    48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

  • Acts 9:14
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    14and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

  • Acts 7:58
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    58and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

  • Matt 27:10
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    10and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.

  • Acts 2:23
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    23him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

  • Acts 13:35
    66%

    35Because he saith also in another [psalm], Thou wilt not give Thy Holy One to see corruption.

  • Acts 8:20
    66%

    20But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money.

  • Acts 8:1
    66%

    1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

  • Rom 11:9
    66%

    9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

  • Acts 20:28-29
    2 verses
    66%

    28Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

    29I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

  • Acts 13:11
    66%

    11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

  • 1 Thess 2:16
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    16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  • Acts 4:27
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    27for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

  • Matt 21:41
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    41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • Acts 21:36
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    36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.

  • Matt 21:43
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    43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

  • Isa 22:19
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    19And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down.

  • Mark 15:20
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    20And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,