Acts 5:3

Webster's Bible (1833)

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?

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  • Acts 5:9 : 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."
  • John 13:2 : 2 After supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
  • John 13:27 : 27 After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
  • Luke 22:3 : 3 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.
  • Matt 4:3-9 : 3 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'" 8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 9 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"} Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
  • Acts 5:2 : 2 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.
  • Num 30:2 : 2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
  • Deut 23:21 : 21 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
  • Eccl 5:4 : 4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
  • Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
  • Eph 6:11-16 : 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
  • Jas 4:7 : 7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
  • Rom 2:21-22 : 21 You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
  • Hos 11:12 : 12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, And the house of Israel with deceit; And Judah still us unruly with God, And is unfaithful to the Holy One.
  • 1 Kgs 22:21-22 : 21 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him. 22 Yahweh said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also: go forth, and do so.'
  • 1 Chr 21:1-3 : 1 Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 2 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. 3 Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
  • Job 22:13 : 13 You say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
  • Ps 94:7-9 : 7 They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider." 8 Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise? 9 He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
  • Prov 20:25 : 25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.
  • Acts 5:4 : 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."
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
  • Gen 3:13-17 : 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel." 16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." 17 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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    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."

  • Acts 5:1-2
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    1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession,

    2 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.

  • Acts 8:18-21
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    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.

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

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

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    37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

    38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 1:18-19
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    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 4:34
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    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,

  • Acts 4:19
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    19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

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    4 But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

  • Acts 5:29
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    29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

  • Mark 8:33
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    33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

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    17 Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 5:33
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    33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

  • Acts 13:10
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    10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

  • Acts 10:44
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    44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.

  • 1 Tim 4:2
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    2 through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

  • Acts 4:32
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    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.

  • 1 Pet 5:2
    65%

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

  • Acts 11:13
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    13 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

  • Col 3:9
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    9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

  • Acts 5:11
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    11 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

  • Matt 16:23
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    23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

  • 2 Pet 2:3
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    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.

  • Acts 23:2
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    2 The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

  • Acts 8:23
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    23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

  • Acts 3:5-6
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    5 He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.

    6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"

  • Acts 22:12
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    12 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

  • Rom 3:7
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    7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

  • Gal 2:11
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    11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

  • Acts 10:5
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    5 Now send men to Joppa, and get Simon, who is surnamed Peter.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14 But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

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