Acts 7:27

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But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses away and said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us?'

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  • Acts 7:35 : 35 This same Moses, whom they had rejected by saying, 'Who made you ruler and judge?'—this is the one God sent as ruler and deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
  • Luke 12:14 : 14 But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me as a judge or arbiter over you?"
  • John 18:36-37 : 36 Jesus said, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight to prevent my being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.' 37 'So you are a king, then?' said Pilate. Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this reason I came into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.'
  • John 19:12-15 : 12 Because of this, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar." 13 So Pilate, when he heard this statement, brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, which in Aramaic is called Gabbatha. 14 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Here is your king!" 15 But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
  • Acts 3:13-15 : 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release Him. 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you. 15 You killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
  • Acts 4:7 : 7 They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'
  • Acts 4:11-12 : 11 'This is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the cornerstone.' 12 'And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among humanity by which we must be saved.'
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard this, they were infuriated and wanted to kill them.
  • Gen 19:19 : 19 "Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me by sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
  • 1 Sam 25:14-15 : 14 One of Nabal’s young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, but he screamed insults at them. 15 These men were very good to us. They didn’t harm us, nor did we lose anything during all the time we were with them in the fields.
  • Prov 9:7-8 : 7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked person incurs abuse. 8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or they will hate you; rebuke a wise person, and they will love you.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'
  • Acts 7:39 : 39 But our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
  • Acts 7:54 : 54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

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    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?'

  • Acts 7:28
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    28'Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' the man continued.

  • Luke 12:14
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    14But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me as a judge or arbiter over you?"

  • Exod 2:13-14
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    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.'

  • Luke 12:57
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    57And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

  • Acts 7:24
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    24When Moses saw someone being mistreated, he came to his defense and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

    8Instead, you yourselves wrong and cheat—and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • John 7:24-25
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    24Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

    25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, 'Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

  • Jas 4:11-12
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    71%

    11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

    12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

  • Luke 10:29
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    29But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'

  • Jas 2:4
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    4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Mark 11:28
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    28They asked him, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you the authority to do this?'

  • John 7:19
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    19Didn't Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill Me?

  • Deut 19:19
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    19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Prov 3:30
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    30Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Exod 23:6
    69%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Lev 19:15
    69%

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Isa 3:6
    69%

    6A man will seize his brother in his father’s house, saying, 'You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this ruin!'

  • 1 Cor 5:13
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    13God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

  • Luke 20:2
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    2They said to him, 'Tell us, by what authority you do these things? Or who gave you this authority?'

  • Amos 5:7
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    7You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

  • Acts 23:4
    68%

    4But those standing near said, 'Are you insulting God's high priest?'

  • Job 36:23
    68%

    23Who has appointed His path for Him, or who can say, 'You have done wrong'?

  • 1 Cor 6:1
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    1Does any one of you, when you have a dispute with another, dare to take it before the unrighteous for judgment, rather than before the saints?

  • Exod 5:21
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    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."

  • Jas 5:6
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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

  • John 7:51
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    51'Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?'

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said to them, 'You brought this man to me as one who is misleading the people. Now look, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no basis for your charges against Him.

  • Acts 7:35
    68%

    35This same Moses, whom they had rejected by saying, 'Who made you ruler and judge?'—this is the one God sent as ruler and deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

  • Job 34:17
    68%

    17Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?

  • Lev 25:14
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    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Matt 21:23
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    23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'

  • Exod 23:2
    68%

    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Luke 23:2
    68%

    2They began to accuse Him, saying, 'We found this man misleading our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a King.'

  • Luke 19:14
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    14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We don’t want this man to reign over us.'

  • Luke 4:29
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    29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff.

  • John 18:31
    67%

    31Pilate told them, 'Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.' 'It’s not lawful for us to put anyone to death,' the Jewish leaders replied.

  • Acts 4:19
    67%

    19But Peter and John replied, 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.'

  • Col 3:25
    67%

    25But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.

  • Acts 24:7
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    7But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands.