Acts 6:10

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Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

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  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
  • John 7:46 : 46 The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!”
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
  • 1 Cor 2:4 : 4 My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
  • Exod 4:12 : 12 So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”
  • Job 32:8 : 8 But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand.
  • Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the LORD will do for his servants– I will vindicate them,” says the LORD.
  • Jer 1:18-19 : 18 I, the LORD, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land. 19 They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the LORD.
  • Jer 15:20 : 20 I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you,” says the LORD.
  • Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue and you must say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But I am full of the courage that the LORD’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time. 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  • Luke 1:17 : 17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”

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    16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

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    15For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

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    39but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,

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