Acts 1:20

World English Bible (2000)

For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell therein;' and, 'Let another take his office.'

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  • Ps 69:25 : 25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.
  • Ps 109:8-9 : 8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. 11 Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. 4 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
  • Luke 20:42 : 42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."
  • Acts 13:33 : 33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:6-10
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    6 Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

    7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

    8 Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

    9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10 Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

  • Acts 1:25-26
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    25 to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

    26 They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

  • Acts 1:16-19
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    16 "Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.

    17 For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

    18 Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.

    19 It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called 'Akeldama,' that is, 'The field of blood.'

  • Acts 1:21-22
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    21 "Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

    22 beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection."

  • Ps 69:25
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    25 Let their habitation be desolate. Let no one dwell in their tents.

  • Acts 22:22
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    22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

  • Luke 20:15-17
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    15 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

    16 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"

    17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

  • Mark 12:8-10
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    8 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

    9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

    10 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

  • Acts 6:14
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    14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."

  • Luke 4:29
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    29 They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

  • Luke 20:42
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    42 David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

  • Acts 2:34
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    34 For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

  • Matt 21:39
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    39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • Ps 71:11
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    11 saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."

  • Acts 4:11
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    11 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'

  • John 11:48
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    48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."

  • Job 15:28
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    28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

  • Acts 9:14
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    14 Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

  • Acts 7:58
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    58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

  • Matt 27:10
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    10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."

  • Acts 2:23
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    23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

  • Acts 13:35
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    35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'

  • Acts 8:20
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    20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

  • Acts 8:1
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    1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

  • Rom 11:9
    66%

    9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

  • Acts 20:28-29
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    28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

    29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

  • Acts 13:11
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    11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

  • 1 Thess 2:16
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    16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

  • Acts 4:27
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    27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

  • Matt 21:41
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    41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."

  • Acts 21:36
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    36 for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!"

  • Matt 21:43
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    43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

  • Isa 22:19
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    19 I will thrust you from your office. You will be pulled down from your station.

  • Mark 15:20
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    20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

  • Acts 15:15
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    15 This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,