Acts 7:25

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Moses assumed that his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not understand.

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  • 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 But the people said to Saul, 'Should Jonathan die, he who has brought about this great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he acted with God’s help today.' So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 He risked his life to kill the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. So why would you sin by shedding innocent blood by killing David without cause?
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master's sight and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant warrior, but he had leprosy.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our ancestors in Egypt did not consider Your miracles; they did not remember the abundance of Your lovingkindness but rebelled at the sea, the Red Sea.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand what this meant; it was hidden from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
  • Luke 18:34 : 34 The disciples understood none of this. The meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what he was saying.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, along with the apostles and elders, and they reported all that God had done through them.
  • Acts 15:7 : 7 After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.
  • Acts 21:19 : 19 After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
  • Rom 15:18 : 18 I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23When he was forty years old, it entered his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.

    24When Moses saw someone being mistreated, he came to his defense and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

  • Acts 7:26
    78%

    26The next day, he appeared to two of them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting each other?'

  • Gen 42:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

    8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

  • Gen 42:23
    74%

    23They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.

  • Gen 37:27
    71%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

  • John 7:5
    70%

    5For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

  • Gen 37:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10When he told the dream to his father and brothers, his father rebuked him, asking, "What kind of dream is this that you have had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to the ground before you?"

    11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

  • Exod 2:11-14
    4 verses
    69%

    11One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his people.

    12Looking this way and that, and seeing no one, Moses struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

    13The next day he went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you striking your companion?'

    14The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'

  • Gen 44:15
    69%

    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

  • Luke 2:50
    69%

    50But they did not understand the statement he made to them.

  • Gen 37:8
    69%

    8His brothers said to him, "Do you really think you will reign over us? Will you actually rule us?" And they hated him even more for his dreams and his words.

  • Gen 37:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

    5One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

  • Gen 37:18
    68%

    18They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they conspired to kill him.

  • Acts 7:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.

    10God rescued him from all his troubles, and He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

  • Acts 7:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18Then another king arose in Egypt, one who did not know Joseph.

    19This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.

  • Gen 42:21
    68%

    21They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

  • Acts 7:6
    68%

    6God spoke to Abraham in this way: 'Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

  • John 8:27
    68%

    27They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

  • Ps 78:42
    67%

    42They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from their enemy,

  • Gen 44:7
    67%

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

  • Acts 7:13
    67%

    13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

  • Gen 37:20-21
    2 verses
    67%

    20Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."

    21But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life."

  • Gen 42:4
    67%

    4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his other brothers, for he said, 'Something bad might happen to him.'

  • John 10:6
    67%

    6Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

  • Gen 42:28
    67%

    28He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

  • Gen 43:6
    67%

    6Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?”

  • Gen 45:24
    66%

    24Then Joseph sent his brothers away, and as they left, he said to them, 'Do not quarrel on the way.'

  • Gen 37:23
    66%

    23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.