Acts 7:23

American Standard Version (1901)

But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

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  • Exod 2:11-12 : 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
  • Heb 11:24-26 : 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
  • Rev 17:17 : 17 For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
  • Exod 4:18 : 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
  • Exod 35:21 : 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, [and] brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments.
  • Exod 35:29 : 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering unto Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.
  • 1 Chr 29:17-19 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee. 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee; 19 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
  • 2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
  • Ezra 1:5 : 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' [houses] of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Acts 15:36 : 36 And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, [and see] how they fare.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

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  • Acts 7:24-25
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    81%

    24And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

    25and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

  • Exod 2:11-15
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    11And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

    12And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

    13And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

    14And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.

    15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

  • Acts 7:19-22
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    76%

    19The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

    20At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.

    21and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

    22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

  • Exod 7:7
    74%

    7And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

  • Acts 7:28-31
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    28Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

    29And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

    30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

    31And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

  • Acts 7:36
    71%

    36This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

  • Heb 11:23-24
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    71%

    23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a goodly child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

    24By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

  • Acts 13:18
    71%

    18And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

  • Gen 41:46
    71%

    46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 24:18
    70%

    18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  • Josh 14:7
    70%

    7Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.

  • Exod 12:40
    70%

    40Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

  • Exod 3:1
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    1Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

  • Deut 1:3
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    3And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

  • Acts 7:34
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    34I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

  • Acts 7:17
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    17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Exod 4:18-19
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    18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

    19And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.

  • Exod 11:3
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    3And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

  • Exod 4:21
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    21And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.

  • Exod 2:23
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    23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  • Exod 4:14
    66%

    14And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

  • Gen 50:3
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    3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

  • Acts 7:13
    66%

    13And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

  • Num 14:13
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    13And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

  • Heb 3:9
    66%

    9Where your fathers tried [me] by proving [me], And saw my works forty years.