Acts 5:2

World English Bible (2000)

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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  • Acts 4:37 : 37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing; 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
  • 2 Kgs 5:21-25 : 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?" 22 He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'" 23 Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?" He said, "Your servant went nowhere."
  • Mal 1:14 : 14 "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of Armies, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
  • Mal 3:8-9 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
  • Matt 6:2-3 : 2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
  • John 12:6 : 6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
  • Acts 4:34-35 : 34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, 35 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 5:1
    90%

    1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,

  • Acts 5:3-12
    10 verses
    86%

    3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

    4 While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."

    5 Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things.

    6 The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him.

    7 About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

    8 Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." She said, "Yes, for so much."

    9 But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

    10 She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

    11 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

    12 By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

  • Acts 4:37
    75%

    37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

  • Acts 4:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34 For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

    35 and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

  • Acts 2:44-45
    2 verses
    68%

    44 All who believed were together, and had all things in common.

    45 They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

  • Acts 8:18-21
    4 verses
    68%

    18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

    19 saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

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

    21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.

  • Acts 4:32
    66%

    32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

  • Num 5:11-13
    3 verses
    66%

    11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    12 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

    13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

  • Acts 1:18
    65%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    65%

    4 The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.

    5 Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.

    2 You are puffed up, and didn't rather mourn, that he who had done this deed might be removed from among you.

  • Titus 2:5
    65%

    5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

  • Lev 6:2
    64%

    2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,

  • 1 Cor 9:5
    64%

    5 Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • Acts 5:14-15
    2 verses
    64%

    14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

    15 They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
    64%

    2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

  • 1 Tim 5:15-16
    2 verses
    64%

    15 For already some have turned aside after Satan.

    16 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

  • Acts 5:18
    64%

    18 and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

  • Acts 3:5
    64%

    5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.

  • Luke 22:5
    64%

    5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

  • Mark 1:30
    63%

    30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

  • Gen 2:25
    63%

    25 They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Acts 5:27
    63%

    27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

  • Eph 5:22
    63%

    22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  • Acts 9:13
    63%

    13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 22:12
    63%

    12 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

  • Luke 21:4
    63%

    4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

  • 2 Pet 2:3
    63%

    3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

  • John 12:5
    63%

    5 "Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"

  • Luke 21:2
    63%

    2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.