Acts 6:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

They were unable to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

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  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict nor resist.
  • John 7:46 : 46 The officers answered, No man ever spoke like this man.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
  • Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.
  • Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words; the spirit within me compels me.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 1:18-19 : 18 For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. 19 They shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 And I will make you to this people a fortified brass wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given to you in that same hour what you shall speak. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say. 12 For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that same hour what you ought to say.

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