Acts 5:39

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But and yf it be of God, ye can not destroy it, lest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynst God.

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  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation: And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof, & I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe: My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished, and I fulfill all my pleasure.
  • Acts 11:17 : 17 For as much then, as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs, when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ: what was I, that I shoulde haue withstande God?
  • 1 Cor 1:25 : 25 For the foolishnesse of God, is wiser then men, and the weakenesse of God, is stronger then men.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger? Are we stronger then he?
  • Rev 17:12-14 : 12 And the ten hornes which thou sawest, are ten kynges, which haue receaued no kyngdome as yet: but shall receaue power as kynges at one houre with the beast. 13 These haue one mynde, and shal geue their power & strength vnto the beast. 14 These shall fyght with the lambe, and the lambe shall ouercome them: For he is Lorde of Lordes, and Kyng of Kynges, and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.
  • Acts 23:9 : 9 And there arose a great crye: and whe the scribes which were of the pharisees part arose, they stroue, saying, We fynde none euyll in this man: But yf a spirite or an Angel hath spoken to hym, let vs not striue agaynst God.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou?
  • Isa 43:13 : 13 And euen he am I who was from the beginning, and there is none that can take any thing out of my hande: I do the worke, and who shalbe able to let it?
  • Isa 45:9 : 9 Wo be vnto hym that striueth with his maker, let the potsherde striue with the potsherdes of the earth: Saieth the clay to the potter, What makest thou? or, thy worke is not perfectly done.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
  • Acts 6:10 : 10 And they coulde not resiste the wisedome and the spirite by the whiche he spake.
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.
  • Gen 24:50 : 50 Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel, saying: This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde, we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad.
  • Exod 10:3-7 : 3 And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao, and said vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues: How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto me? Let my people go, that they may serue me. 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go, beholde, to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes: 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth, that it can not be seene: and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle, and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and all thy seruauntes houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians, after suche a maner, as neyther thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day. And he turned him selfe about, and went out from Pharao. 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him: howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs? Let the men go, that they may serue the Lorde their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
  • 2 Sam 5:2 : 2 And in time past whe Saul was our king, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath sayd to thee, thou shalt feede my people Israel, & thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 12:24 : 24 Thus sayeth the Lorde, Ye shall not go vp, nor yet fight against your brethren the children of Israel: returne euery man to his house, for this thing is my doyng. They hearkened therfore to the worde of the Lorde, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom hast thou rayled on? and whom hast thou blasphemed? Against whom hast thou exalted thy voyce, and lyfted vp thyne eyes so hye? Euen against the holy of Israel.
  • Job 15:25-27 : 25 For he hath stretched out his hande against God, and armed him selfe against the almightie. 26 He runneth proudly vpon him, & with a stiffe necke fighteth he against him. 27 Where as he couereth his face with fatnesse, and maketh his body well lyking.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely:
  • Job 40:9-9 : 9 Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth? 10 Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory: 11 Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him: 12 Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place: 13 Hide them in the dust together, and couer their faces in secrete: 14 Then wyll I confesse vnto thee also, that thyne owne right hande shall saue thee.

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