Acts 16:28

World English Bible (2000)

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!"

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13 : 13 "You shall not murder.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
  • Ps 35:14 : 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! 12 If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
  • Luke 6:27-28 : 27 "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
  • Luke 10:32-37 : 32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' 36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
  • Luke 22:51 : 51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his ear, and healed him.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

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  • Acts 16:23-27
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    23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

    24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

    25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

    26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.

    27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

  • Acts 16:29-32
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    29 He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,

    30 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

    31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."

    32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.

  • Acts 16:35-38
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    35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."

    36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."

    37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"

    38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,

  • Acts 27:21-25
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    21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.

    22 Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

    23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

    24 saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

    25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

  • Acts 20:10
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    10 Paul went down, and fell upon him, and embracing him said, "Don't be troubled, for his life is in him."

  • Acts 21:12-13
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    12 When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

  • Acts 16:17
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    17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!"

  • Acts 28:15-16
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    15 From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.

    16 When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

  • Acts 27:31
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    31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you can't be saved."

  • Acts 26:29-30
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    29 Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

    30 The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

  • Acts 5:23
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    23 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

  • Acts 27:42-43
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    42 The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

    43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

  • Acts 23:9-11
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    9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

    10 When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

    11 The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."

  • Acts 21:30-32
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    30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

    31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

    32 Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 16:19
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    19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

  • Acts 20:37
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    37 They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

  • Acts 27:10
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    10 and said to them, "Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

  • Acts 18:9
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    9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;

  • Acts 25:24
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    24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • Acts 28:18
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    18 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 16:9
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    9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."

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

  • Acts 22:26
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    26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"

  • Matt 8:25
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    25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"

  • Acts 28:21
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    21 They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

  • Acts 23:18
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    18 So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."