Acts 5:38

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

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  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
  • Matt 15:13 : 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
  • Job 5:12-14 : 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
  • 1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
  • Neh 4:15 : 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
  • 1 Cor 1:26-28 : 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
  • Ps 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
  • John 11:48 : 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
  • Acts 5:35 : 35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

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    39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

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    33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

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    35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

    36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

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    14And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

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    16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

    17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

    18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

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    36Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

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    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

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    29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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    19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:

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    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

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    20Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

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    24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

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