Acts 5:3

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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?

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  • Acts 5:9 : 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.
  • John 13:2 : 2 So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
  • John 13:27 : 27 And when Judas took the bread Satan went into him. Then Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you have to do.
  • Luke 22:3 : 3 And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.
  • Acts 5:2 : 2 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.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
  • Deut 23:21 : 21 When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.
  • Eccl 5:4 : 4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
  • Matt 4:3-9 : 3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread. 4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, 6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test. 8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship. 10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only. 11 Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.
  • Eph 6:11-16 : 11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. 13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place. 14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 Be ready with the good news of peace as shoes on your feet; 16 And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him. 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down. 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 22:21-22 : 21 Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. 22 And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
  • 1 Chr 21:1-3 : 1 Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and the captains of the people, Now let all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, be numbered; and give me word so that I may be certain of their number. 3 And Joab said, May the Lord make his people a hundred times more in number than they are; but, my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? why would my lord have this done? why will he become a cause of sin to Israel?
  • Job 22:13 : 13 And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it. 8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise? 9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
  • Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.
  • Acts 5:4 : 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.
  • Gen 3:13-17 : 13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it. 14 And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life: 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded. 16 To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master. 17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
  • Rom 2:21-22 : 21 You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours? 22 You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

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  • Acts 5:4-9
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    4While 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.

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

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

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

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

    9But 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.

  • Acts 5:1-2
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    1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

    2And 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.

  • Acts 8:18-21
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    18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

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

    20But 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.

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

  • Acts 4:37
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    37Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

    8Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

  • Acts 9:13
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    13But 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 3:12
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    12And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs?

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

    38And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Acts 1:18-19
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    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.

    19And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

  • Acts 4:34
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    34And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,

  • Acts 4:19
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    19But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Acts 11:4
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    4But Peter gave them an account of it all in order, saying to them,

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

  • Mark 8:33
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    33But he, turning about, and seeing his disciples, said sharply to Peter, Get out of my way, Satan: for your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

  • Acts 9:17
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    17And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 5:33
    65%

    33But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

  • Acts 13:10
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    10O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

  • Acts 10:44
    65%

    44While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
    65%

    2Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

  • Acts 4:32
    65%

    32And 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.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
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    2Keep 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;

  • Acts 11:13
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    13And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you;

  • Acts 15:8
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    8And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • Col 3:9
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    9Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,

  • Acts 5:11
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    11Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

  • Matt 16:23
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    23But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

  • 2 Pet 2:3
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    3And 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.

  • Acts 23:2
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    2And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.

  • Acts 8:23
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    23For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

  • Acts 3:5-6
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    5And he gave attention to them, hoping to get something from them.

    6But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.

  • Acts 22:12
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    12And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

  • Rom 3:7
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    7But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?

  • Gal 2:11
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    11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

  • Acts 10:5
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    5Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

  • Gal 2:14
    63%

    14But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?