Acts 6:10

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But they could not stand up against the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he spoke.

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  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  • John 7:46 : 46 The officers answered, 'Never has anyone spoken like this man!'
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 My message and my preaching were not based on persuasive words of human wisdom but on a demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
  • Exod 4:12 : 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding.
  • Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon formed against you will succeed, and you will refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 1:18-19 : 18 Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue you,' declares the LORD.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 I will make you a fortified bronze wall to these people. They will fight against you but will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you,' declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says.' Whoever will listen, let them listen, and whoever will refuse, let them refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 When they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you should say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time. 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 When they bring you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.

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