Acts 5:17

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Further Trouble for the Apostles Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him(that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

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  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
  • Acts 7:9 : 9 The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
  • 1 Sam 18:12-16 : 12 So Saul feared David, because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. 13 Saul removed David from his presence and made him a commanding officer. David led the army out to battle and back. 14 Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him. 15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king. 3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Labor Motivated by Envy Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless– like chasing the wind.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)
  • John 11:47-49 : 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs. 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.” 49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,“You know nothing at all!
  • John 12:10 : 10 So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,
  • John 12:19 : 19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
  • Acts 4:1-2 : 1 The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, 2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
  • Acts 4:6 : 6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.
  • Acts 4:26 : 26 The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’
  • Acts 15:5 : 5 But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said,“It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses.”
  • Acts 23:6-8 : 6 Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!” 7 When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 (For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)
  • Gal 5:21 : 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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