Acts 4:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who by the mouth of Your servant David has said, Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?

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  • Acts 1:16 : 16 Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
  • Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and distress them in his deep displeasure. 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Acts 2:30 : 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,

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  • Ps 2:1-5
    5 verses
    85%

    1Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

    3Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

    4He who sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

    5Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and distress them in his deep displeasure.

  • Acts 4:26-29
    4 verses
    81%

    26The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.

    27For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

    28To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

    29And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

  • 24And when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

  • Acts 4:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have you done this?

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 2:33-35
    3 verses
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    33Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you now see and hear.

    34For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand,

    35Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.'

  • 2Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?

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    36For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool.'

    37Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how then is he his son?' And the common people heard him gladly.

  • 42And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,

  • 6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

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    43He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

    44The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?

  • 25For David says concerning Him: 'I saw the Lord always before me, for He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken:

  • 12LORD, You will ordain peace for us, for You have also done all our works in us.

  • 5The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • 1The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

  • 11This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.

  • 27That they may know that this is your hand, that you, LORD, have done it.

  • 4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

  • 24Who have kept with your servant David my father what you promised him: you also spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

  • 4Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

  • 11And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people.

  • 4All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

  • 2The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.

  • 2For, behold, your enemies make an uproar: and those who hate you have lifted up their head.

  • 12The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

  • 23Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:

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    2Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants, you have ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

  • 61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their schemes against me;

  • 10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the plans of the people of no effect.

  • 28And when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

  • 31And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

  • 14O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.

  • 7To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;

  • 16Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

  • 39But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.

  • 25Of old you have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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    1LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.

  • 10Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of Your servants which is shed.

  • 4O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?