Acts 5:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.

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  • Acts 4:37 : 37 Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.
  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy; 15 Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods. 12 For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
  • 2 Kgs 5:21-25 : 21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them? 23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went. 25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.
  • Matt 6:2-3 : 2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward. 3 But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
  • John 12:6 : 6 (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
  • Acts 4:34-35 : 34 And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them, 35 And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

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  • Acts 5:1
    90%

    1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

  • Acts 5:3-12
    10 verses
    86%

    3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

    4 While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

    5 And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.

    6 And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.

    7 And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.

    8 And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.

    9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

    10 And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

    11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

    12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

  • Acts 4:37
    75%

    37 Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

  • Acts 4:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34 And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,

    35 And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

  • Acts 2:44-45
    2 verses
    68%

    44 And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

    45 And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

  • Acts 8:18-21
    4 verses
    68%

    18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

    19 Give me this power, so that when I put my hands on anyone he may get the Holy Spirit.

    20 But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

    21 You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.

  • Acts 4:32
    66%

    32 And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

  • Num 5:11-13
    3 verses
    66%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

    12 Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

    13 By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Acts 1:18
    65%

    18 (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    65%

    4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

    5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

    2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

  • Titus 2:5
    65%

    5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

  • Lev 6:2
    64%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • 1 Cor 9:5
    64%

    5 Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • Acts 5:14-15
    2 verses
    64%

    14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

    15 And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
    64%

    2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

  • 1 Tim 5:15-16
    2 verses
    64%

    15 For even now some are turned away to Satan.

    16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

  • Acts 5:18
    64%

    18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • Acts 3:5
    64%

    5 And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them.

  • Luke 22:5
    64%

    5 And they were glad, and undertook to give him money.

  • Mark 1:30
    63%

    30 Now Simon's wife's mother was ill, with a burning heat; and they gave him word of her:

  • Gen 2:25
    63%

    25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

  • Acts 5:27
    63%

    27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

  • Eph 5:22
    63%

    22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

  • Acts 9:13
    63%

    13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

  • Acts 22:12
    63%

    12 And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

  • Luke 21:4
    63%

    4 For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.

  • 2 Pet 2:3
    63%

    3 And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

  • John 12:5
    63%

    5 Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

  • Luke 21:2
    63%

    2 And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.