Acts 7:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the next day, he shewed himselfe vnto them as they stroue, and woulde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why doe ye wrong one to another?

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  • Exod 2:13-15 : 13 Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe? 14 And hee answered, Who made thee a man of authoritie, and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kill mee, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and sayde, Certainly this thing is knowen. 15 Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well.
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 A song of degrees or Psalme of Dauid. Beholde, howe good and howe comely a thing it is, brethren to dwell euen together.
  • Prov 18:19 : 19 A brother offended is harder to winne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a palace.
  • John 15:17-18 : 17 These things commaunde I you, that ye loue one another. 18 If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-8 : 6 But a brother goeth to law with a brother, and that vnder the infidels. 7 Nowe therefore there is altogether infirmitie in you, in that yee goe to lawe one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine yee not harme? 8 Nay, yee your selues doe wrong, and doe harme, and that to your brethren.
  • Phil 2:1 : 1 If there be therfore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of loue, if any felowship of the Spirit, if any compassion and mercie,
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 That nothing be done through contention or vaine glory, but that in meekenesse of minde euery man esteeme other better then himselfe.
  • 1 John 3:11-15 : 11 For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should loue one another, 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good. 13 Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you. 14 We know that we are translated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not his brother, abideth in death. 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him.
  • Gen 13:8 : 8 Then saide Abram vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene thee and me, neither betweene mine heardmen & thine heardmen: for we be brethren.
  • Gen 45:24 : 24 So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.

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  • Acts 7:27-28
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    27But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?

    28Wilt thou kill mee, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

  • Acts 7:24-25
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    24And whe he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, & auenged his quarell that had the harme done to him, and smote the Egyptian.

    25For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.

  • Exod 2:13
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    13Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe?

  • 1 Cor 6:6-8
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    6But a brother goeth to law with a brother, and that vnder the infidels.

    7Nowe therefore there is altogether infirmitie in you, in that yee goe to lawe one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine yee not harme?

    8Nay, yee your selues doe wrong, and doe harme, and that to your brethren.

  • Gen 13:7-8
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    7Also there was debate betweene ye heardmen of Abrams cattell, & the heardmen of Lots cattell. (and the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelled at that time in the land.)

    8Then saide Abram vnto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene thee and me, neither betweene mine heardmen & thine heardmen: for we be brethren.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?

    7And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

  • Gen 42:7-8
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    7And when Ioseph sawe his brethren, hee knewe them, and made himselfe straunge toward them, and spake to them roughly, and saide vnto them, Whence come yee? Who answered, Out of the land of Canaan, to bye vitaile.

    8(Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.

  • Gen 37:26-27
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    26Then Iudah said vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slay our brother, though wee keepe his blood secret?

    27Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

  • Gen 45:24
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    24So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayde vnto them, Fall not out by the way.

  • Gen 37:4
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    4So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him.

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:8
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    8Then his brethren saide to him, What, shalt thou reigne ouer vs, and rule vs? or shalt thou haue altogether dominion ouer vs? And they hated him so much the more, for his dreames, and for his wordes.

  • Gen 50:17
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    17Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil; nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God; Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.

  • Luke 12:13-14
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    13And one of the companie said vnto him, Master, bidde my brother deuide the inheritance with me.

    14And he said vnto him, Man, who made me a iudge, or a deuider ouer you?

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    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slay him.

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    13And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao.

  • John 7:3
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    3His brethren therefore sayde vnto him, Depart hence, and goe into Iudea, that thy disciples may see thy woorkes that thou doest.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12Wherefore, though I wrote vnto you, I did not it for his cause that had done the wrong, neither for his cause that had the iniurie, but that our care toward you in the sight of God might appeare vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2Receiue vs: we haue done wrong to no man: we haue corrupted no man: we haue defrauded no man.

  • Acts 4:5
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    5And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

  • Acts 28:17
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    17And the third day after, Paul called the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothing against the people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deliuered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes.

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    4And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?

  • Acts 25:17
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    17Therefore when they were come hither, without delay the day following I sate on the iudgement seate, and commaunded the man to be brought foorth.

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    24And when the other ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren.

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    24Then he turned from them, and wept, & turned to them againe, & communed with them, and tooke Simeon from among them, & bounde him before their eyes.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6And thine handmayd had two sonnes, & they two stroue together in the fielde: (and there was none to part them) so the one smote the other, and slew him.

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    3And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.