Acts 16:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
  • Ps 35:14 : 14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. 12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
  • Luke 6:27-28 : 27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for those who are against you, do good to those who have hate for you, 28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
  • Luke 10:32-37 : 32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side. 33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him, 34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him. 35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed. 36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves? 37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.
  • Luke 22:51 : 51 But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

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    23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

    24And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

    25But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;

    26And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

    27And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

  • Acts 16:29-32
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    29And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

    30And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

    31And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.

    32And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

  • Acts 16:35-38
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    35But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

    36And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.

    37But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

    38And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

  • Acts 27:21-25
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    21And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.

    22But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

    23For this night there came to my side an angel of the God who is my Master and whose servant I am,

    24Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

    25And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

  • Acts 20:10
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    10And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

  • Acts 21:12-13
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    12And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

    13Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 16:17
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    17She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

  • Acts 28:15-16
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    15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

    16And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

  • Acts 27:31
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    31But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

  • Acts 26:29-30
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    29And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

    30And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

  • Acts 5:23
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    23Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

  • Acts 27:42-43
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    42Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

    43But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:

  • Acts 23:9-11
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    9And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

    10And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

    11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

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    30And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

    31And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

    32And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

  • Acts 20:37
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    37And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

  • Acts 27:10
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    10Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.

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    9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

  • Acts 25:24
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    24And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

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    18Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 16:9
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    9And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

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    36For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!

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    26And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

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    25And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.

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    21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

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    18So he took him to the chief captain and said, Paul, the prisoner, made a request to me to take this young man to you, for he has something to say to you.